The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi is reaching out to other Scheduled Caste communities including Arundhathiyars and socially disadvantaged backward communities as a part of its effort to organise and unite ‘Social Justice Communities’.
Towards this end, on Sunday the party’s founder Thol. Thirumavalavan participated in a protest against the Tiruppur district administration for attempting to evict members of the Arundhathiyar community and demolish their houses in Samalapuram, where he claimed they had been staying for more than 100 years. The party has also been conducting ‘social justice community conferences’ over the last few months to celebrate Mr. Thirumavalavan’s 60th birthday.
A senior leader of the VCK told The Hindu that the party has taken efforts even in the past to stand up for the rights of disadvantaged communities but has not been able to unite them.
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