Thanthai Periyar, Perarignar Anna, Kalaignar in Tamil Nadu and Jyotirao Phule, B.R. Ambedkar, VP Singh in India. It was this heritage which made...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin traced DMK's legal victory for OBC medical reservation to ideological pioneers like Periyar, Ambedkar, and Phule.
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Thanthai Periyar, Perarignar Anna, Kalaignar in Tamil Nadu and Jyotirao Phule, B.R. Ambedkar, VP Singh in India.
It was this heritage which made DMK take the cause of depressed societies to restore their rightful seats in medical education in all states and not just Tamil Nadu. https://t.co/cjuDlIRAPT
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin paid tribute to the shared egalitarian legacy of social reformers Thanthai Periyar, Perarignar Anna, and Kalaignar Karunanidhi in Tamil Nadu, alongside Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, and former Prime Minister V.P. Singh across India. Stalin emphasized that this profound ideological inheritance inspired the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to spearhead the decisive legal battle in the Supreme Court to secure twenty-seven percent reservation for Other Backward Classes in the All India Quota for medical admissions.
The Chief Minister noted that the DMK fought this landmark legal and political battle not solely for Tamil Nadu, but to restore rightful medical education seats to marginalized students across every Indian state. He explained that this monumental victory restored thousands of medical seats annually to deserving youth from backward communities nationwide, demonstrating that Dravidian politics serves as a progressive vanguard for oppressed people everywhere. Stalin observed that true social justice transcends state boundaries.
Stalin reaffirmed that his administration will continue drawing inspiration from these pioneering reformers to combat educational inequity. He pledged that the DMK will persistently defend affirmative action in higher education and professional fields across the nation.