Reservation for Vanniyars ‘only a temporary measure’ until caste census report becomes available, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami
4 years ago

Reservation for Vanniyars ‘only a temporary measure’ until caste census report becomes available, says Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami

The Hindu  

Just an hour prior to the announcement of election date for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, the State Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami moved a Bill on the floor of Assembly on February 26 granting 10.5 per cent internal reservation for the Vanniyarkula Kshathriyas within the total 20 per cent reservation of the Most Backward Classes grouping, which contains some other major castes, including Kallar, Maravar and Ambalakarars. The present slab of MBC reservation has been divided into three slabs – 10.5 for Vanniyars, 7 per cent for Denotified Communities and 2.5 per cent for other castes. The total number of castes in the MBC is 109, which means that Vanniyar and its subgroups would enjoy the lion’s share in the new reservation slab system, while 68 castes vie for 7 per cent with the remaining 41 getting a mere 2.5 per cent. The 69 per cent of reservation in Tamil Nadu after the present Bill on February 26 stands as such: Backward Class Total: 30 per cent ; MBC 20 per cent ; Scheduled Caste 18 per cent ; Scheduled Tribes 1; Total 69 per cent.

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PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census
3 weeks, 6 days ago

PMK hopes to rally ‘every community’ with demand for caste-census

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Samaya Samudhaya Nallinakka Maanadu’, held in Kumbakonam on Sunday, marks a shift from the party’s earlier controversial approach of mobilising the Vanniyar community invoking caste-pride and alienating other communities, and instead using a ‘caste census’ as a rallying point to garner support from every community, including the Scheduled Castes. This shift in strategy could be explained due …

PMK to stage protest on February 20 demanding caste census in T.N.
1 month, 1 week ago

PMK to stage protest on February 20 demanding caste census in T.N.

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday announced that the party would organise a protest on February 20 demanding that the State government conduct a caste-wise census in Tamil Nadu. In a statement, Dr. Anbumani said the support for a caste-wise census was growing and that the State government was behaving as though it did not care about …

TN transport minister accuses PMK of misleading Vanniyar community
2 months, 3 weeks ago

TN transport minister accuses PMK of misleading Vanniyar community

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Transport Minister SS Sivasankar accused PMK leaders of misleading the Vanniyar community by aligning with the BJP, which has stalled the national population census, and urging the state government to conduct a caste-based census despite its lack of legal validity. Responding to PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss’s criticism that DMK elevated Udhayanidhi Stalin as deputy CM by overstepping senior leaders, …

Tamil Nadu: DMK, PMK continue to spar over caste census
3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: DMK, PMK continue to spar over caste census

New Indian Express  

It has by now become routine of the PMK to demand the DMK government for a caste census and the latter, in turn, pointing a finger at the Centre. On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu minister SS Sivasankar dared PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss to ask Narendra Modi government, which even failed to conduct the decennial census, to hold the caste census. The …

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalit leaders divided over VCK move to file review plea against order allowing States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities

The Hindu  

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the recent order empowering States to sub-categorise Scheduled Caste communities, after welcoming the judgement initially, to provide reservations has again turned the focus on the impact it could have on forging a potent political formation of the SC communities in Tamil Nadu. said while the …

Vikravandi bypoll: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin tells voters to defeat NDA candidate as they ‘betrayed social justice’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Vikravandi bypoll: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin tells voters to defeat NDA candidate as they ‘betrayed social justice’

The Hindu  

DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and M. K. Stalin on Friday, July 5, 2024, told the voters in Vikravandi Assembly constituency that by defeating the BJP-led NDA candidate fielded by the PMK in the July 10 bypoll, they would teach a lesson to those who were betraying social justice. In a video message canvassing votes for the DMK’s …

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Any threat to 69% reservation will lead to dismissal of DMK govt., says Anbumani

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had no right to talk about social justice, and any threat to the 69% reservation in the State would result in the dismissal of the DMK government. According to him, the DMK had always claimed to champion welfare schemes that ensured social justice, but in reality, it had …

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC
8 months, 3 weeks ago

PMK urges T.N. government to conduct caste census to protect 69% reservations in view of upcoming case in SC

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday, July 1, 2024, urged the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a caste census to protect the 69% reservations in Tamil Nadu in the case pending against this in the Supreme Court, as it is expected to be taken up when court proceedings resume after summer break, on July 8. Kapadia, the Supreme Court stated …

Quota: PMK slams TN government, minister bats for caste census
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Quota: PMK slams TN government, minister bats for caste census

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: PMK president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss criticised the state government and Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday for their refusal to initiate a caste survey in Tamil Nadu, which he said was essential to ensure 10.5% separate reservation for the Vanniyar community. SC observed quota offered sans pertinent data: Minister Responding to PMK’s allegations, Tamil Nadu Minister for Law S …

Tamil Nadu government to move Centre seeking caste census: CM
9 months ago

Tamil Nadu government to move Centre seeking caste census: CM

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday said that the ruling DMK would move a resolution seeking a nationwide caste census during the current assembly session. Stalin told PMK’s legislative party leader GK Mani to speak to the BJP-led Union government to get the caste census done. “If we are to find a good solution to the issue, the …

PMK accepts BJP's leadership in Tamil Nadu for 2024 polls: Know significance of Ramadoss-led party
1 year ago

PMK accepts BJP's leadership in Tamil Nadu for 2024 polls: Know significance of Ramadoss-led party

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Pattali Makkal Katchi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, in a major jolt to its ex-ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam which was hoping to seal a deal with the party S Ramadoss-led outfit. PMK's political history The PMK joined hands with Jayalalithaa …

Anbumani meets CM Stalin regarding 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniyars
1 year, 5 months ago

Anbumani meets CM Stalin regarding 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniyars

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday, October 9 met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat to press for the implementation of 10.5% internal reservation for the Vanniyar community within the Most Backward Class quota. Addressing journalists later, the PMK leader said he had insisted that a law providing 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniyars be introduced in the …

VCK leader Thirumavalavan demands caste survey in T.N.
1 year, 5 months ago

VCK leader Thirumavalavan demands caste survey in T.N.

The Hindu  

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder Thol. Thirumavalavan, on Tuesday, claimed that the results of Bihar’s socio-economic caste survey reveal that the upper castes, who account for 15.5% of total population, “enjoy 50% reservations,” while 63% of the backward classes are confined to within 30% reservations. He demanded that the Union government enact a law to grant powers to State governments to …

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu panel has sought six months to submit report on Vanniyar quota: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

The state’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding the contentious 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community within the quota for most backward classes, Chief minister M K Stalin said on Thursday in the assembly. Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six months to submit a report regarding 10.5% reservation for Vanniyar community, Chief …

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Commission working on 10.5% quota for Vanniyars need 6 more months: CM Stalin

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu’s backward classes commission has sought six extra months’ time to submit a report regarding the 10.5% internal reservation for the Vanniyar community, chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday in the state assembly. PMK’s founder S Ramadoss in a statement demanded that the chief minister enact a new legislation of providing a 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars by May …

Backward Classes Commission had sought time to submit report on Vanniyar reservation: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Backward Classes Commission had sought time to submit report on Vanniyar reservation: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, April 13, 2023 informed the Legislative Assembly that the State Backward Classes Commission had asked for more time to submit its report on the internal reservation for Vanniyars. PMK floor leader G.K. Mani contended that the extension would place at disadvantaged position Vanniyar community students, who were writing plus two examinations and …

'Population Percentage Can't Be Sole Basis For Internal Reservation' : Detailed Analysis Of Supreme Court Judgment In Vanniyar Quota Case
2 years, 11 months ago

'Population Percentage Can't Be Sole Basis For Internal Reservation' : Detailed Analysis Of Supreme Court Judgment In Vanniyar Quota Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, held that the Tamil Nadu Act which provides internal reservation of 10.5% to the Vanniyar community for appointment in government jobs and admission in educational institutions, is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 16, as there is no substantial basis for differentiating the Vanniyar community from the other MBCs and DNCs. Legislative competence of the …

Supreme Court strikes down Tamil Nadu’s 10.5% Vanniyar quota
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down Tamil Nadu’s 10.5% Vanniyar quota

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed that the grant of 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community violates the fundamental rights of equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunity of 115 other most backward communities and de-notified communities in Tamil Nadu. The Special Reservation Act of 2021, which was enacted by the AIADMK government in consultation with Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Commission …

SC strikes down 10.5 pc reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 11 months ago

SC strikes down 10.5 pc reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the 10.5 per cent reservation provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community in Tamil Nadu, in government jobs and admission to educational institutions. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai upheld the Madras High Court order which had quashed the reservation. The Tamil Nadu Assembly had in …

Vanniyar quota case: State is front runner in social justice, TN govt tells SC
3 years, 1 month ago

Vanniyar quota case: State is front runner in social justice, TN govt tells SC

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday defended the Vanniyar quota law in the Supreme Court, saying the State is the front runner in social justice. The State has challenged a Madras High Court decision to quash a State law that granted internal reservation at 10.5% to Vanniyakula Kshatriya and 7% and 2.5% to other communities within Most Backward Classes. 1983 …

Vanniyar Internal Quota Based On Data That 20% MBC Reservation Hasn't Benefited Them : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Vanniyar Internal Quota Based On Data That 20% MBC Reservation Hasn't Benefited Them : TN Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court continued hearing submissions in the challenge to the Madras High Court order quashing Tamil Nadu law that provided internal reservation in education and jobs for the Vanniyar community. The identification could have been done only by the procedure in Article 342A and no other…" National Commission for Backward Classes ought to be consulted The 102nd …

SC does not refer Vanniyar quota to larger Bench, goes ahead to hear case on merits
3 years, 1 month ago

SC does not refer Vanniyar quota to larger Bench, goes ahead to hear case on merits

The Hindu  

A two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao on Wednesday decided not to refer to a larger Bench a slew of petitions, including multiple ones by Tamil Nadu, regarding the validity of a State law granting reservation to Vanniyars, a most backward community. The recommendation for 10.5% reservation to the Vanniyakula Kshatriya was made in …

T.N. appeals in SC to restore Vanniyar quota
3 years, 4 months ago

T.N. appeals in SC to restore Vanniyar quota

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, challenging the Madras High Court’s November 1 order declaring as ultra vires a law which provided 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyars within the overall 20% quota for the Most Backward Classes in government jobs and higher education. The recommendation on 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyakula Kshatriyas was made …

Explained | Why did the Madras High Court invalidate separate quota for Vanniyar community?
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why did the Madras High Court invalidate separate quota for Vanniyar community?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 1, the Madras High Court declared unconstitutional a Tamil Nadu government law, enacted in February 2021 when the AIADMK was in power, that reserved 10.5% of jobs in public services and seats in educational institutions for the Vanniyars, a most backward community. In 2012, the then chairman of the State Backward Class Commission recommended …

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category
3 years, 4 months ago

'Reservation Based On Caste Alone': Madras High Court Quashes 10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyar Community Under Most Backward Class Category

Live Law  

The Madras High Court quashed the Tamil Nadu law providing internal reservation of 10.5 % to the Vanniyar Community under the category Most Backward Classes.The court observed that Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of seats in educational Institutions including Private Educational Institutions and appointments or posts in the services under the State within the Reservation for the Most. The Madras High …

Madras High Court quashes internal reservation for Vanniyars
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court quashes internal reservation for Vanniyars

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s legislation providing 10.5 per cent internal reservation for Vanniyar caste in the 20 per cent pool of the Most Backward Classes reservation in education and employment. The G.O., issued on July 26, effected changes in the 200-point roster prescribed in Schedule V to the Tamil Nadu Government …

Madras High Court quashes 10.5 per cent Vanniyar quota
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court quashes 10.5 per cent Vanniyar quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: The Madras High Court on Monday quashed the 10.5 per cent reservation provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community in Tamil Nadu, in government jobs and admission to educational institutions, saying it was unconstitutional. The Tamil Nadu Assembly had in February passed the then ruling AIADMK-piloted bill providing internal reservation of 10.5 per cent for Vanniyars, with the incumbent …

Madras HC declares Vanniyar reservation law unconstitutional
3 years, 4 months ago

Madras HC declares Vanniyar reservation law unconstitutional

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday declared as unconstitutional a law passed by the Tamil Nadu legislature providing 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniakula Kshatriya community within the 20% earmarked for Most Backward Classes in education and public employment. In a counter affidavit filed before the Madras High Court in response to a huge batch of cases that had challenged the …

10.5% Vanniyar Reservation Case: Madras HC Orders That Every Admission, Appointment Will Be Subject To Final Outcome Of Challenge [Read Order]
3 years, 6 months ago

10.5% Vanniyar Reservation Case: Madras HC Orders That Every Admission, Appointment Will Be Subject To Final Outcome Of Challenge [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday ruled that every admission made in educational institutions or appointment in public posts by implementing the 10.5% internal reservation for Vanniakula Kshatriyas, will be subject to to the final outcome of the writ petitions challenging the validity of such reservation. The Bench also made it clear that the instant interim order must be made …

A low-down on the 10.5% quota for Vanniyars
3 years, 7 months ago

A low-down on the 10.5% quota for Vanniyars

The Hindu  

The DMK government, on July 26, issued an order enabling 10.5% special reservation for Vanniakula Kshatriyas in employment, within the overall quota of 20% for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities. The revised quota scheme is a sequel to the previous AIADMK regime framing the Special Reservation Act for Vanniyars, which came into effect on February 26, the day on …

Tamil Nadu Assembly election: Winds of change
3 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly election: Winds of change

The Hindu  

Panruti, a small town about 200 kilometres from Chennai, known for its cashewnuts, is an unlikely location for an epic political battle in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. For example, the Vanniyars will not benefit if they had to complete against caste groups such as Mudaliars or Pillais because these communities have been developed in many aspects over …

Vanniyar reservation in Tamil Nadu: problems ahead
3 years, 11 months ago

Vanniyar reservation in Tamil Nadu: problems ahead

The Hindu  

THE government of Tamil Nadu hastily promulgated an Act on February 26 providing 10.5 per cent reservation in employment and education for members of the Vanniyar caste alone. While the committee for the caste-based census was yet to take the first step towards collecting the data, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced that the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission …

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | Vanniyar quota keeps the pot boiling in northern Tamil Nadu
3 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | Vanniyar quota keeps the pot boiling in northern Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s northern region, with its good mix of urban and rural districts, presents an interesting challenge for political parties this time. While the region is considered the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s traditional stronghold, the AIADMK, which has few strong regional leaders like Law Minister C. Ve. This time, the party fought and secured an exclusive 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars with …

Exclusive reservation for Vanniyar Community in Tamil Nadu: Playing with fire
4 years ago

Exclusive reservation for Vanniyar Community in Tamil Nadu: Playing with fire

The Hindu  

Rarely has a government passed an important Bill that has serious socio-political implications in such a hurry as the Tamil Nadu government did recently in the case of giving the Vanniyar community, a powerful caste group in Tamil Nadu, 10.5 per cent internal reservation within the 20 per cent reservation already in place for Most Backward Classes in education and …

Bill to provide 10.5% special quota to Vanniyars passed in Assembly
4 years ago

Bill to provide 10.5% special quota to Vanniyars passed in Assembly

The Hindu  

Barely half-an-hour before the model code of conduct kicked in for the 2021 Assembly election on Friday, the AIADMK government pushed through legislation to temporarily provide for 10.5% special reservation for the Vanniakula Kshatriyas within the quota for the Most Backward Classes. The Most Backward Class of the Vanniakula Kshatriyas will get 10.5%, the Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities …

AIADMK concedes PMK demand for 10.5 per cent reservation, gets Bill passed in Tamil Nadu Assembly
4 years ago

AIADMK concedes PMK demand for 10.5 per cent reservation, gets Bill passed in Tamil Nadu Assembly

The Hindu  

The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam blinked on the vexed question of reservation in education and jobs that the Pattali Makkal Katchi, an alliance partner, had demanded; the PMK had even threatened to walk away from the alliance on the issue. On February 26, a Bill granting 10.5 per cent reservation to Vanniyars within the existing reservation for …

TN CM forms panel to gather caste-wise data even as PMK pushes for 20% quota for Vanniyars
4 years, 3 months ago

TN CM forms panel to gather caste-wise data even as PMK pushes for 20% quota for Vanniyars

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu Chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced on Tuesday that a commission will be formed to gather caste-wise data for the state after meeting Pattali Makkal Katchi leader and MP Anbumani Ramadoss whose party is demanding 20% reservation in government jobs and education for the Vanniyar community. Pattali Makkal Katchi workers pelt stones on the Ananthapuri Express coming from Thiruvananthapuram …

AIADMK's Ally PMK Hits Out at Tamil Nadu Govt, Warns of Massive Protest; Demand 20% Quota for Vanniyars
4 years, 5 months ago

AIADMK's Ally PMK Hits Out at Tamil Nadu Govt, Warns of Massive Protest; Demand 20% Quota for Vanniyars

News 18  

Accusing the government of not paying heed to people’s grievances, ruling AIADMK’s ally Pattali Makkal Katchi on Thursday said it would hold an unprecedented, massive protest next year demanding 20 per cent exclusive reservation for Vanniyars. Those who held the reins of power in Tamil Nadu declined to say anything on people’s representations and do not pay heed to their …

Sectarian poison
12 years, 2 months ago

Sectarian poison

The Hindu  

IT is a truism that societies by their very nature are discordant. Dalits, who are listed as S.Cs in the decennial Censuses, account for 19 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s population. Of the 76 S.Cs notified in Tamil Nadu, five—Adi Dravidar, Pallar, Paraiyar, Chakkiliyar and Arunthathiyar—together constitute 93.5 per cent of the State’s S.C. population. Vanniyar identity Vanniyars, who account …

“Quota for Vanniyars can be decided only after caste census”
14 years, 7 months ago

“Quota for Vanniyars can be decided only after caste census”

The Hindu  

Only after carrying out a caste-based census and ascertaining the quantum of reservation for the State will it be legally proper to resolve the issue of separate reservation, Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday. Responding to Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss' demand for a separate quota for the Vanniyars, the Chief Minister said …

State must ensure caste-based census, demands Ramadoss
14 years, 7 months ago

State must ensure caste-based census, demands Ramadoss

The Hindu  

The Pattali Makkal Katchi organised protests in Chennai and other towns, demanding caste-based census and 20 per cent reservation for Vanniyars. Party founder S. Ramadoss, who led the agitation in Chennai, wanted the State government to take the lead in ensuring caste-wise enumeration. In Kancheepuram, former Union Minister and PMK youth wing leader, Anbumani Ramadoss, said the party expected the …

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