AIADMK claims credit for OBC reservation
The Hindu
‘Party will continue to strive for securing 50% quota’
The AIADMK on Friday claimed that the Centre’s decision to provide 27% reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in admission to medical courses through the all-India quota (AIQ) was due to the legal battle initiated by it. Welcoming the development, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami, coordinator and co-coordinator of the party, in a statement said the rights of the OBCs in all the States had been ensured through their party’s efforts. They said it was their colleague and former Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam who first filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, demanding 50% reservation for the OBCs in AIQ.
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