VILLUPURAM: Condemning the state’s delay in introducing the 10.5% internal quota for Vanniyars, PMK president Dr Anbumani led a protest on Sunday, which drew participation from PMK cadre and members of Vanniyar associations.
Anbumani claimed the Supreme Court order (that struck down the 10.5% internal quota for Vanniyars) delivered over 1,200 days ago did not say the state had to conduct a caste count to introduce the quota or that it needed the centre’s nod to do so.
He claimed the DMK government could have introduced the quota after the verdict. “If the reservation had been implemented, today 3,800 Vanniyars would have become doctors and 6,000 would have secured government jobs,” he said. He alleged that 80,000 students were denied college admissions due to suspension of the quota.
Anbumani further said the 38 Vanniyar MLAs from major parties should boycott the Assembly until the quota is reinstated. “We will launch more intense protests if our demands are ignored,” he added. He said that no Vanniyar vote should go to DMK in the 2026 Assembly election.