Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) demanded that the state government should come forward to carry out caste-based survey in Tamil Nadu.
In a statement, PMK Founder S Ramadoss pointed out that Bihar conducted a caste-based census and the reservation has been enhanced to 75% from 60%. Based on the survey results that 94 lakh of the families in Bihar earned less than ₹6,000 a month, that state government has announced an assistance of ₹2 lakh to one member of each family in three instalments and over a period of five years, he said.
The DMK government should have conducted the caste survey. But, they have put the onus on the Centre. By doing so, the DMK government has compromised the State autonomy, Mr. Ramadoss said.
