CM attracts both brickbats and bouquets

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, in 4 days, has dealt with two advanced and delicate caste-related calls for, attracting both bouquets and brickbats.

In the face of the PMK’s agitation for 20% inside reservation for Vanniyars, which noticed sporadic violence, he introduced that his authorities would set up an unique fee to assemble the most recent knowledge on castes. Next, he responded to a different delicate demand from Puthiya Tamilagam, and a number of different teams, saying the federal government would advocate to the Centre the grouping of seven Scheduled Castes, below the generic identify of “Devendra Kula Vellalars”.

The PMK, nonetheless, has expressed dissatisfaction. Its founder, S. Ramadoss, recalled that within the final one yr or so, his get together had been pursuing the matter with the Chief Minister. C.N. Ramamurthy, chief of the Vanniyar Federation, questioned the purposefulness of getting the matter examined by a separate physique, as suggestions of the Sattanathan and Ambasankar Commissions, of the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, had remained largely unimplemented.

As for the transfer on “Devendra Kula Vellalars,” B. Manickam Tagore, Virudhunagar Member of Parliament, stated the Chief Minister had made the announcement below stress. A number of weeks in the past, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawaarchand Gehlot, in response to his reference within the Parliament, in September, on the problem, had stated that any modification to the checklist of SCs, in relation to a State or a Union Territory, could possibly be made solely by an Act of the Parliament.

M. Bharathan, State organiser of the Ambedkar Kalvi Centenary Movement, felt that the federal government, whereas pursuing the problem with the Centre, might have adopted the instance set by the Jayalalithaa regime within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, by issuing an order that introduced all sub-castes of Mukkolathor below the generic identify of “Thevar”, with out disturbing the association on concessions.

However, R.B. Udhayakumar, Revenue Minister, rebutted the cost. “Our government’s approach is to respond to any issue of public importance, expeditiously, within the parameters of law, while taking into account sentiments of the people. This is what we have done in these instances too. Besides, the Chief Minister’s style of functioning is to act and thrash out, swiftly, the issues that are brought before him. In fact, he should be commended. So, there is no question of resorting to delaying tactics on our part,” he stated.

Welcoming the transfer, V. Kamaraja, founder-president, Devendra Kulla Mallar Chamber of Commerce, and a type of following up the matter with the State and Central governments, expressed hope that the Centre would give its clearance, instantly, after the State sends its proposal.

G. Palanithurai, academician, stated the Chief Minister’s strategy to a number of public points was one among avoiding confrontation and not remaining rigid. This had been illustrated within the two points too, regardless that the academician stated the federal government’s steps didn’t maintain a lot significance past concerns of electoral politics.