Dalit outfits to contest Arundhathiyar quota
Express News ServiceFirst Published : 26 Feb 2010 03:36:00 AM ISTLast
Updated : 26 Feb 2010 09:17:53 AM IST
CHENNAI: Puthiya Tamilagam (PT) and five other Dalit outfits will file
a case in the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu government's
order providing for a three per cent exclusive quota for the
Arundathiyar community (a Dalit sub-caste) within the 18 per cent
reservation for SCs.
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes had recently objected to
exclusive reservation, and the remarks of commission's vice chariman N
M Kambley that the State government was not doing enough for the
welfare of Adi Dravidars has earned the ire of Chief Minister M
Karunanidhi.
A week later, PT founder Dr K Krishnasamy, along with leaders of a few
other Dalit organisations, told the media on Thursday the government
had not filled up over a lakh jobs earmarked for SC candidates in
various government departments.
He also accused the government of not spending the special allocation
made in the Union budget for the welfare of SC people. When the
government had not done these things, what right did the Chief
Minister have to hit out at the SC Commission, Krishnasamy asked.
He demanded a report from the government on the social, economic and
educational development of Dalits in the state and also on how much
land had been distributed to them.
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