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Even arsenic the DMK claims that they privation to uphold ‘social justice’ successful the State, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president and Sriperumbudhur MLA K. Selvaperunthagai has alleged that arsenic the section MLA, helium was not informed of the merchandise of h2o from Chembarambakkam Lake successful Sriperumbudhur constituency. He claimed helium was being discriminated based connected caste.
A video successful which helium is seen chiding a State Water Resources Department authoritative for not informing him astir the lawsuit has been doing the rounds. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said helium would soon talk retired connected the caste bias helium has faced.
“Since the times of the British Raj, section radical and representatives person ever been invited for the merchandise of h2o from the Chembarabakkam lake. It is not close connected the portion of the officials to accidental that it is not mandatory for them to telephone elected representatives, erstwhile successful fact, it is the elected representatives who conscionable the radical erstwhile thing goes wrong.”
‘Deliberate exclusion’
Sources adjacent to Mr. Selvaperunthagai assertion that elder officials from the Water Resources Department, each of whom beryllium to a peculiar ascendant caste, deliberately excluded him. “The Union Secretary of the DMK is simply a Dalit, the Chairman is simply a Dalit, and the MLA is besides a Dalit,” the root said. In the video, Mr. Selvaperunthagai says helium had not been informed of the merchandise of h2o from the water for the 2nd consecutive year.
