TVK must ensure Governor’s address mentions about caste-survey: Anbumani

Key points

• PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday urged the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led government to ensure that the Governor’s address in the upcoming Budget session makes a mention about its intention to conduct caste-based survey.
• Speaking at a multi-party and community leaders’ meeting in Chennai on the need to conduct a caste-based survey to protect the 69% reservation for OBCs, SCs and STs in Tamil Nadu, he said, “In Backward Classes category, there are 141 communities, and within the Most Backward Classes category, there are 115 communities.
• Within SCs and STs, there are 76 communities and 36 communities.
• We have to understand the inequalities within these categories.
• When the Chief Minister came to my house, I told him that only when we understand the status of 8 crore people, we can devise schemes.