‘Educationally, economically, socially and politically, Vanniyars are lagging’
PMK founder S. Ramadoss raised serious doubts over the AIADMK-PMK alliance on Wednesday, alleging that the ruling party’s leadership has not responded to its modified demand of internal reservation for Vanniyars within the MBC quota.
“The Chief Minister is keeping quiet. There has been no effort on their part to discuss the reservation issue. They said they would get back after Pongal but we did not receive any word from them. There are no legal tangles. We have come down from separate reservations to internal reservations within the MBC, but we are being told that these issues can be looked into after the election. How can this be accepted?” he asked during a virtual interaction with the media.
Why is Dalit-Muslim unity a farce?
In the Indian context, social hierarchies are based on the caste, class, and religious distinctions which act as primary indicators for recognition and reservation. Though Constitutional provisions foster social equality by denouncing segregation and pervasive elements like caste-based discriminations, it continues to prevail and shows resilience. Caste is the most significant derivate of the Indian society, as well as of the Muslims community in India. The disproportionate hierarchical collation makes visible the absorption and concentration of social authority and political power with the incentivised Muslim caste groups.
Muslims from an institutional position deprecate the existence of caste and tend to define Muslims as socially homogenous and a monolithic entity. Nevertheless, the caste divisions in the Indian Muslim community are an unavoidable social reality. The Indian Muslim community in contradiction to homogeneity and monolithic claims
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