Chennai(Tamil Nadu) [India], June 9 (ANI): PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss met Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on the Secretariat on Tuesday to formally submit a decision demanding the rapid implementation of a caste-based census in Tamil Nadu.
The assembly follows an all-party and group leaders’ convention convened by the PMK on June 5, which emphasised {that a} caste-wise enumeration is important to safeguard the State’s 69% reservation coverage. Party leaders argue that with the reservation subject at the moment pending earlier than the Supreme Court, the federal government should be ready to submit empirical, caste-based knowledge to defend the present quota framework towards potential authorized challenges.
The convention, which noticed participation from over 40 political events together with the AIADMK, TVK, BJP, Congress, Naam Tamilar Katchi, DMDK, and Tamilaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, resolved to demand a ‘Social Justice Census.’ While main events just like the DMK, VCK, and CPI didn’t attend the assembly in individual, Anbumani famous that they’d expressed full help for the decision by means of letters and telephonic communication.
During his assembly with the Chief Minister, Anbumani pressed for the federal government to take proactive steps to provoke the census. The PMK management has persistently maintained that up to date caste-wise demographic knowledge is critical to supply constitutional and authorized backing to the state’s reservation coverage, which advantages Backwards Classes, Most Backwards Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Government to implement the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 (Uyir Neer Iyakkam) throughout the state. The settlement was signed through video conferencing within the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Union Minister for Jal Shakti CR Patil.Senior officers from each the State and Union Governments participated within the digital signing ceremony.
According to an official launch, the settlement marks a big step in direction of strengthening ingesting water infrastructure and making certain sustainable entry to secure and enough ingesting water for households throughout Tamil Nadu.The newly launched Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 goals to additional improve present water provide programs, enhance service supply, and help long-term water safety by means of extremely coordinated efforts between the Centre and the State.
The push for upgraded water programs aligns immediately with Chief Minister Vijay’s administrative blueprint, the discharge stated.In his first speech after taking cost, the Chief Minister had explicitly vowed to direct the state’s full consideration towards upgrading primary facilities, with a selected concentrate on important civic infrastructure. (ANI)