Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) founder Thol. Thirumavalavan on Wednesday charged the Viswakarma Yojana, introduced by the Union government, of being disguised as a ‘loan scheme’ as a pretext to implement Varnashrama Dharma.
Addressing a protest meeting against the Viswakarma Yojana organised by the Dravidar Kazhagam in Valluvar Kottam in Chennai, Mr. Thirumavalavan said: “I reiterated to [Congress president] Mallikarjun Kharge during the meeting of the I.N.D.I.A bloc parliamentary party leaders that this scheme should be opposed in the Lok Sabha. No State has opposed this scheme. Only in Tamil Nadu, did a voice of dissent emerge. Be it NEET, Hindi imposition or Sanskritisation, Tamil Nadu will protest against it.”
He added that the democratic forces in Other Backward Class (OBC) communities should realise that Hindutva was the political agenda that divided Indians into Hindus/non-Hindus and sought to ensure that Hindu society remained divided as upper and lower castes.
