About K. V. Gopalsamy V. Gopalsamy (Tamil: வை. கோபாலசாமி ), also known as , is a prominent politician in Tamil Nadu, in south India. He was born in Kallingappatti, Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu in 1944. He belongs to Telugu speaking Kammavar Naidu' ancestry. However he identified himself as Tamil and working for Tamils. He is the founder of the MDMK, a political party that espouses the cause of the Tamil people and Tamil nationalism. He is known to be a supporter of the LTTE which is banned as a terrorist organisation in 32 countries including India., as a result he was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act (POTA) in 2002 and once-again on 23 October 2008 for sedition .