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Include Devendra Kula Velalar in OBC list: Leader
Stressing that the State government should take necessary steps to remove the six sub-castes from the Scheduled Caste (SC) category and bring them under the common name of Devendra Kula Velalar, K Krishnasamy, founder president of Puthiya Tamilagamm, said on Thursday that a government order should be issued to include the Devendra Kula Velalar caste in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list.
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Speaking in Thoothukudi, he said his party had been insisting on this for several years but these demands were still unmet. Over the last two years, four big conferences and a rally in New Delhi were organised pressing similar demands, he said.
Talking to reporters, Krishnasamy said over that the last four days, he has been touring various districts and submitted petitions to Collectors regarding the demands of the community.
Around 200 villages in Thoothukudi district had adopted resolutions pressing for these demands and submitted a petition to the Collector, he said. Besides, over 600 villages had been gearing up to adopt similar resolutions by Monday, he said.
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