Claim: Samanhudi (who has been active in the party since 1992) founded a union that consists of batik indigenes in East and Central Java and remained as a party coordinator until 2017.
Evidence: Hadji Samanhudi (1868 – 28 December 1956) was the founder of Sarekat Dagang Islam, an organization in Indonesia that previously served as an association for batik traders in Surakarta, and later broadened its scope to nationalist political issues. The group was founded by Haji Samanhudi, a dealer of batik, in 1905 in Surakarta or 1912.