The differences arose due to the DMK's stance on achieving an independent nation called Dravida Nadu.
Dravida Nadu was envisaged by Periyar E. V. Ramasami as an independent nation that included South India.
[5] Periyar and later Annadurai considered that remaining in the Union meant accepting linguistic domination of the North and backwardness of the South.
[4] Some of the well known members of the party included Kannadasan, M. P. Subramaiam, Pazha Nedumaran[1] and Sivaji Ganesan.
At that time Periyar and his Dravidar Kazhagam was close with Kamaraj the leader of the Congress party.