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PMK president Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss connected Wednesday led protests against the DMK-led State authorities successful Egmore successful Chennai for not conducting a caste-survey successful Tamil Nadu and trained his guns connected DMK’s confederation partners – VCK main Thol. Thirumavalavan, TNCC president K. Selvaperunthagai, MDMK Chief Vaiko and Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani – for maintaining soundlessness contempt supporting the origin successful principle.
Speaking astatine the protest, helium said the caste-wise survey was indispensable to support the 69% reservations successful spot successful Tamil Nadu, guarantee due transportation of authorities schemes. “The reservations presently being provided are based connected the colonisation census conducted successful 1931. In 1931, India’s colonisation was 28 crore; contiguous it is 146 crore. The Union government’s census volition beryllium macro-level and lone State authorities tin guarantee micro-level data. Therefore, lone if the State Government conducts a caste-wise survey volition the existent information of the radical of Tamil Nadu go known,” helium said.
Dr. Anbumani accused the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin, has been spreading falsehoods and reiterated that the powers of State Government to behaviour caste survey has been confirmed by the Courts, including Karnataka High Court.
He asked if each 76 communities wrong the Scheduled Caste database received capable opportunities successful presumption of entree to acquisition and jobs. “How tin we cognize this with evidence? A census is indispensable for that. Even among Scheduled Tribes, wherever 1% preservation is provided, determination are 36 sub-groups. Among them, 6–7 groups bask astir of the preservation benefits, portion the remainder bash not person them.”
