PMK leader wants CM to clarify his position on Vanniyar reservation PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss on Wednesday said the State government should not present “unfounded reasons” against the 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniyars within the Most Backward Class quota, which was passed by the previous AIADMK government.
In a statement, he criticised the Minister for Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Minority Welfare S.S. Shivashankar for stating that the 10.5% reservation could not be implemented as there were cases pending in the Madras High Court.
“Tamil Nadu does not have a Social Justice Department. The Minister for Backward Classes has a responsibility to safeguard social justice,” he said.
K. Gopal has been posted as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, and Supriya Sahu as Principal Secretary to the Government, Environment and Forests Department.
Lockdown and the death of OPS’s brother cited as reasons for the delay The AIADMK is likely to take some more time for conducting, in an organised way, a post-mortem of the party’s defeat in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The ongoing COVID-19 lockdown and the recent death of a brother of the party’s coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, are cited as reasons for the party not having any structured discussion on its performance in the poll.
The party leadership has to decide, sooner or later, nominees for a couple of posts in the legislature party deputy leader and whip, say senior functionaries of the party.
Continuity of Dravidianist electoral dominance
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Opportunities nevertheless exist for political forces seeking to redistribute power and resources more equitably
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Opportunities nevertheless exist for political forces seeking to redistribute power and resources more equitably
The Dravidian parties maintained their electoral dominance in the first Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections since the passing of their earlier dominant leaders, Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gained 67.1% of the vote and, along with the smaller Dravidian parties, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam and the Marumalarchchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, polled 70.4%. This was the second highest vote share the Dravidian parties have ever drawn, only 3.5 percentage points lower than their highest share of 73.9% in 2016. The maintenance of Dravidianist electoral dominance is more striking than the D