Saffron agenda won't work in TN: CM
M K Stalin
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Speaking after inaugurating the centenary auditorium with a life-size statue of the late social justice warrior L Ilayaperumal, at Lalpuram in Chidambaram, Cuddalore district, Stalin said that leaders of the dravidian, Marxist, Gandhian, and Ambedkarite movements were on the stage united. "This unity symbolises Tamil Nadu. VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan emphasized this, and I reaffirm it. When Tamil Nadu is united like this, no saffron agenda from Delhi will succeed here," he said.
Listing out the steps taken by
DMK
over years for the welfare of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes by the late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi as well as by him, Stalin said, "In the history of Tamil Nadu, it is the dravidian model govt that implemented the highest number of welfare schemes for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities,'' he said.
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Stalin said he would continue those efforts. "But are the steps taken so far enough? No.
To build a society of self-respect, we must continue our long journey. We are doing that. That's why we've decided to remove the word 'colony' from govt documents," he said.
"We've requested the Prime Minister that the disrespectful suffix 'in' used to denote official names of SC/ST communities be changed to the respectful 'ir' suffix. We've renamed school and college hostels to 'social justice hostels', removing caste identifiers," Stalin said.
Stalin said that everything will not change overnight. "The journey toward social liberation is long, and it takes time. But change will come. And I will bring that change," he said.
Later in the day, a govt statement said that Stalin has announced multiple projects for Cuddalore based on requests from the public during his visit including creation of Srimushnam taluk.
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