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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) person Anbumani Ramadoss connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) met Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai, urging the State authorities to denote a caste-based survey during the Governor’s code to the Assembly connected June 18.
Mr. Anbumani told journalists that helium met the Chief Minister with the solution passed astatine a multi-party gathering chaired by him past week, successful which representatives of 42 governmental parties and organisations participated and “unanimously” sought a caste-based survey successful the State.
He said the solution stressed the request to support the existing 69% preservation argumentation successful Tamil Nadu. Reservation policies crossed India were being implemented connected the ground of caste census information collected during the British play astir 95 years ago, helium said.
“These aged information are nary longer relevant. Both the Supreme Court and the High Courts person not accepted these outdated figures. We request modern and close data. Therefore, conducting a caste-based survey is the request of the hour,” helium said.
According to him, the caste census announced by the Centre would lone supply headcount and macro-level data, whereas a survey conducted by the State authorities would supply micro-level details. “The caste-based survey volition uncover the existent information of 8 crore radical and supply close socio-economic and acquisition details of astir 2.25 crore families successful the State,” helium believed.
To a question connected the functioning of the caller government, helium felt determination had been a important simplification successful corruption. He had urged the Chief Minister to convene an all-party gathering to sermon issues concerning the State implicit the Karnataka government’s connection to conception a balancing reservoir crossed the Cauvery astatine Mekedatu.
