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VCK chief Thol. Thirumavalavan exposes his ignorance on reservation and GST

October 4, 2021
The Commune

During his interaction with civil service aspirants, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) head Thol. Thirumavalavan peddled misinformation (knowingly/unknowingly) on reservations saying that Forward Castes (FC) enjoy a reservation of 50.5%.

Delivering a ‘lecture’ at Kingmaker’s IAS Academy, Thirumavalavan who is also an MP from Chidambaram constituency says “There is a ceiling of 50% for reservation. In the Central Government, SC-ST get 22.5% reservation (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST) and BC has a reservation of 27% which totals to 49.5%. The rest 50.5% is cornered by FC, which is predominantly Brahmins.”

He also adds that the forward castes are enjoying the benefits of reservation without having to undergo any struggle.

“Without getting thrashed or jailed or shouting at the top of their voice, they are enjoying 50.5% reservation.”, Thirumavalavan says.

Now, they are forcing this 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section. The hidden agenda behind this is to dilute social justice. That is why we are opposing”, Thirumavalavan further says.

“Your logic may be correct. You are saying that within the SC community only a particular community is enjoying the benefits for several generations. So, what? Let them enjoy. For generations, they’ve been denied their rights. So, let them also enjoy for a few generations. From that, a person who has the potential to protest will rise.”, he says.

This has stirred a debate on social media with many calling out the VCK head’s appalling ignorance on the subject.

It is to be noted that the Indian constitutional provision on reservation allows for 50.5% for open competition from all communities and is not an exclusive reservation granted for forward communities as claimed by Thirumavalavan.

The 10% EWS reservation too is for communities who are marginalized by have been unable to enjoy benefits of reservation.

BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai said that it was unfortunate for someone like Thirumavalavan to blatantly lie about the Constitution written by Dr. Ambedkar.

“Don’t know GST! Don’t understand our reservation policy! Good that TN people are understanding their leader’s better. “, he said.

Here are some of the other netizens calling out the Chidambaram MP’s blatant peddling of misinformation.

Recently, Thirumavalavn exposed his ignorance about GST in an interview where he didn’t even know that the State levies its own GST on products and services.

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