‘Delay in removing group from SC list is shocking’
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Expressing disappointment over the delay in removing the seven subsects [to be grouped as] ‘Devendrakula Velalar’ from the list of the Scheduled Castes, Puthiya Tamilagam (PT) president K. Krishnasamy stated he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to press the demand.
Dr. Krishnasamy, whose celebration has been agitating in help of the demand, instructed journalists in Tirunelveli on Wednesday that the Bill tabled in Parliament dealt solely with granting assent for inclusion of the seven subsects of SCs below ‘Devendrakula Velalar’.
“When Mr. Modi made an announcement in this connection in Chennai recently, he only referred to the inclusion of the seven subsects under the name ‘Devendrakula Velalar’, but refrained from making any announcement on removing ‘Devendrakula Velalar’ from the SC list. This is shocking.”
He stated he would meet Mr. Modi throughout his go to to Coimbatore on February 25 and Mr. Shah throughout his go to to Tamil Nadu on February 28.
Letters could be despatched to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister in this connection and signatures collected in the villages in help of the demand could be submitted, he stated.
The PT would organise its political convention in three phases throughout Tamil Nadu, he stated.
When requested if his celebration continues to be part of the AIADMK-led alliance, Dr. Krishnasamy refused to answer. He parried questions regarding electoral politics in Tamil Nadu. “We will make our political stance clear only after the election is notified,” he stated.
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