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PMK person Anbumani Ramadoss’s invitation to governmental leaders who person campaigned for a caste census, specified arsenic those of the VCK and the Congress, to articulation the PMK’s objection implicit the contented connected December 17 has caused unease. The party, however, remained hopeful that it would get broad-based support.
While VCK wide caput D. Ravikumar said demanding a caste census/survey erstwhile the Centre had already announced the docket for a caste census successful 2027 was a farce, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai said helium was yet to determine connected the matter. The CPI(M) has decided not to instrumentality portion successful the protest.
‘A Union subject’
“The caste surveys conducted by the Bihar and Karnataka governments person been mired successful issues. A survey is not truly a door-to-door enumeration, but is done done sampling, the accuracy of which is questionable. Moreover, Article 246 intelligibly states that a census is simply a Union subject, and it [census] has been announced. The protestation is ridiculous astatine this point,” Mr. Ravikumar said.
“We person consulted with the All India Congress Committee. We volition instrumentality a determination wrong a fewer days,” Mr. Selvaperunthagai said.
While the PMK seemingly being a portion of the NDA complicates matters, TNCC sources said the information that the caste census is an contented championed by Congress person Rahul Gandhi could besides marque the State portion see participating successful the protest.
PMK spokesperson K. Balu said parties that talk astir State autonomy and federalism should not enactment the onus connected the Union authorities connected this issue, and should propulsion the State authorities to behaviour a caste survey.
“In the lawsuit of Bihar, the validity of the caste survey was challenged, but the Patna High Court upheld the survey. Only the preservation provided was challenged and acceptable aside, connected the crushed that it was provided based connected proportional representation,” helium said.
“It is besides not existent that a caste survey is conscionable a sampling of communities. Also, if the Centre does not spell up with its plan, volition the State proceed to blasted the Centre and not behaviour the workout contempt having the powerfulness to bash so?” helium added.
Meanwhile, starring a objection against the recently notified Labour Codes successful Dharmapuri, CPI State caput M. Veerapandian said that portion his enactment supports a caste census, it volition not enactment with the PMK arsenic agelong arsenic the second is an state of the BJP.
