Ramadoss hits out at govt. for not fulfilling people’s demands

In a pointy assault on the State authorities on Thursday, S. Ramadoss, founding father of PMK, a key ally of the ruling AIADMK, accused it of not heeding people’s demands.

On the opposite hand, he praised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, saying the latter was fulfilling all his guarantees and was additionally going past them, delivering welfare measures to the individuals.

While commending Mr. Reddy in a tweet, the PMK chief, who aligned with the AIADMK forward of final yr’s Lok Sabha polls, criticised the Tamil Nadu authorities. He stated that these ruling the State now have been refusing to say something about fulfilling the requests of the individuals, and even when this was pointed out to them, they have been not bothered by it and have been not fulfilling their wants.

However, he did not specify which demands of the individuals have been not being fulfilled.

Call for protest

Earlier within the day, Dr. Ramadoss urged the Vanniyar group to prepare for an enormous protest, demanding separate reservation.

In a social media submit, he pointed out that the demand for 20% reservation for the group was a long-pending demand, for over 40 years, and lots of protests and sacrifices had already been made for the identical.

However, Dr. Ramadoss stated those that dominated the State prior to now, and the present authorities, had not fulfilled the demand.

“Time has come again to fight for our rights and this protest will be a historic one. It will make the government request us to stop the protest and accede to our demand,” he stated.

‘Posturing by PMK’

The ruling AIADMK, nevertheless, felt that Dr. Ramadoss was resorting to posturing, forward of the 2021 Assembly election, by attacking the State authorities.

A senior AIADMK Minister, preferring anonymity, stated the PMK founder’s posturing was to enhance the bargaining energy of his occasion in the course of the run-up to the election.

However, PMK sources stated Dr. Ramadoss was upset as a result of the federal government had not applied separate reservation for the Vanniyar group.

Asked if his tweet would not trigger a pressure within the relationship between the PMK and the AIADMK, sources stated Dr. Ramadoss was prepared for the implications, as his goal was solely to acquire a separate reservation for the group.