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AIADMK Condemns DMK For “Double Standard” On EWS Reservation

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 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Friday criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for its “double standard” on 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS).

Chennai:   All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Friday criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for its “double standard” on 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS).

In a press statement, former minister for Fisheries and senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar condemned DMK for playing a “double role” on 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the general category.

AIADMK leader said that the ten per cent reservation law was “based on the recommendation” of a commission, which had been set up in 2006 when the DMK was in the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre. The BJP only implemented it in 2019, he added.

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Blaming the ruling DMK for deceit on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) issue, Jayakumar recalled how it had assured people at the time of the Assembly polls that it would secure, at one stroke, the exemption for Tamil Nadu candidates from the NEET to get admission to UG courses in medicine.

The people of Tamil Nadu should understand this “hypocritical drama” of DMK that they are convening a meeting of leaders of legislature parties to be held on Saturday, he added.

Jayakumar further stated that the ruling party had not consulted other parties during the pendency of litigation in the Supreme Court regarding the EWS reservation law.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu government had announced that it would convene a meeting of all legislature parties on November 12 to discuss the next course of action following the Supreme Court decision upholding the 10 per cent EWS quota. It said that chief minister MK Stalin will chair the meeting.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Thane: Former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad was arrested today for stopping the screening of a Marathi film here in Maharashtra. Jitendra had also allegedly beaten up the members in audience.

According to reports, the incident took place on Monday night when Sharad Pawar’s party leader Jitendra Awhad and his supporters allegedly barged into a multiplex in Thane city and stopped the screen of Har Har Mahadev Movie. When people protested against stopping the screening, they reportedly beat up a spectator.

Jitendra alleged that ‘the film is showing wrong history about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’.

On Tuesday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that “beating up movie watchers for watching Har Har Mahadev will not be tolerated and action will be taken against those involved in such incidents.”

Fadnavis said, “People are allowed to register their protest in a democratic way. I have not seen the film and I am not aware of this controversy.”

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