Even as several parties are claiming to be the champions of social justice, it was the Congress that was instrumental in implementing reservation in jobs and education for the oppressed classes, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri said in Virudhunagar on Sunday.
Addressing party booth committee members of Virudhunagar and Tenkasi Parliamentary constituencies, Mr. Alagiri said the then Congress leader and former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj had approached the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with a proposal for reservation in education and jobs for the oppressed classes. Nehru wrote to Chief Ministers of all the States to sensitise their MPs and reservation was provided by bringing in the first amendment to the Constitution, he added. However, the Congress failed to propagate its achievement among the masses, Mr. Alagiri said, adding: “A lot of people have come to power through false propaganda. But, we did not even propagate what we genuinely did for the people.”
