Caste associations protest against assigning Devendrakula Velalar title
The Hindu
Several caste associations representing the interest of various communities such as Pillais, Mudaliyars and Chettiars on Sunday held a hunger protest near Valluvar Kottam, Chennai, against the proposal by the Centre and State government to categorise seven Scheduled Caste (SC) communities as 'Devendrakula Velalars’.
The Union Cabinet had recently approved the categorisation of seven communities into Devendrakula Velalar and a bill to give effect to the same has been introduced in Lok Sabha. The Centre has also clarified that these seven communities will continue to remain in the SC List.
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