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Dravida

British  
/ drɑːˈvɪdə /

noun

  1. any of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian

  2. another name for a Dravidian

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Among its key allies, the Samajwadi Party won 37 seats in northern Uttar Pradesh state in a major upset for the BJP, the All India Trinamool Congress took 29 seats in West Bengal state, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won 22 seats in southern Tamil Nadu state.

From Seattle Times

The BJP drew a blank in 2019 and won one seat in the 2014 elections with the region dominated by two powerful regional groups, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

From Seattle Times

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party is hoping to retain its influence.

From Seattle Times

The resistance was strongest in Tamil Nadu, where the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party led huge protests, burning Hindi books and blackening signs written in Hindi.

From BBC

The more intriguing races were in West Bengal, where the All India Trinamool Congress party led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept a sizable majority in its assembly even as local BJP officials won dozen of seats, and Tamil Nadu, where the left-leaning Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party upset the state’s ruling conservative party and took the chief ministership as well as a majority in the assembly for the first time in a decade.

From Slate