‘Sourashtra community needs representation in TN assembly'
Talking to reporters, K R M Kishore Kumar, a retired DGP and the convenor of the committee, said the aim of the S-PAC was to make the voice of the Sourashtra community to be heard in Tamil Nadu state assembly. "The community historically has contributed greatly for the development of Tamil Nadu, and there have been several political leaders as well in the past from the community. But, at present, there is not even one MLA from the community in the state.
Linguistic minority communities need representation and should be given due importance across political parties."
The S-PAC resolved to demand parties to allocate assembly constituencies such as Madurai South, Thiruparankundram, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Dindigul, and Salem to Sourashtra community candidates. "We are not forming a separate political party, but we believe that the Tamil community and political parties will continue to embrace us just as they have done decades," said Kishore Kumar. He added that there are around 15 lakh potential voters from the community in the state.
The S-PAC will soon be making representations to various political parties on this matter. Earlier, the S-PAC members took out a procession from the T M Soundararajan statue in Munichalai to the consultative meeting venue.
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