S. Ramadoss (born 25 July 1939) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (S. Ramadoss).[3]
Early life
Ramadoss was born on 25 July 1939 in Kilsiviri (also spelled Keezhsiviri) village, Villupuram, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu) to Sanjeevi Rayar Gounder and Navaneetham Ammal. They belonged to the Vanniyar community and were farmers.
Vanniyar reservation protest
In 1987, the Vanniyar Sangham under Ramadoss organized the 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation demanding MBC status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when lakhs of trees were cut down, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1400 houses of the Dalit community burned down.[4] The police under the M G Ramchandran (MGR) led AIADMK government shot down 21 protestors.[5] Later in 1989, the DMK government under M. Karunanidhi granted them 20 percent reservation under the Most backward class.[6] The Pattali Makkal Katchi, founded by S. Ramadoss on 16 July 1989,[7] emerged from these protests.[8]
Notes
- ^ “Ramadoss, MMC ’60 class recall medico days”. Meera Vankipuram. The Times of India. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ “Quiet Ramadoss joining politics was big surprise: College alumni”. Deccan Chronicle. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ “From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way”. Rediff.com. 30 August 1999. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Collins, Michael A (1 January 2017). Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India. Dissertations Available from ProQuest (Thesis). pp. 137, 138.
- ^ “40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?”. Hindustan Times. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Kolappan, B. (7 May 2012). “Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ “Will PMK’s investment in caste-politics yield results?”. The New Indian Express. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Manikandan, C.; Wyatt, Andrew (2 January 2019). “Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)”. Contemporary South Asia. 27 (1): 3. doi:10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070. ISSN 0958-4935. S2CID 151268924.
References
- Bhūẏām̐, Dāśarathi (2007). Role of Regional Political Parties in India. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788183241915.
- Wyatt, Andrew (2009). Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes. Routledge. ISBN 9780203862209.