Tamil Nadu Declares Ambedkar Jayanti as "Equality Day"

Tamil Nadu Declares Ambedkar Jayanti as "Equality Day"

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 Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday declared in the Assembly under Rule 110 saying that Tamil Nadu will observe the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar (April 14)  as 'Samathuva Naal' (Equality Day), and the State will administer a pledge on that day.

 During Tuesday's State Vigilance and Monitoring Committee Meeting, a demand was held on behalf of the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department. Following this, the rule came to pass by the CM.

"Based on their demand, Ambedkar's birth anniversary will be celebrated as 'Equality Day' and a pledge for equality will be taken across the State," the chief minister said. A life-size bronze statue of the departed leader will be added be erected at the Ambedkar memorial.

The chief minister recalled that former Union minister and Nilgiris MP A Raja once demanded to translate books authored by BR Ambedkar into Tamil. "His demand has been accepted. The Tamil Nadu government will publish select books of Ambedkar."

Members of various parties in Tamil Nadu, including M Jagan Moorthy, T Velmurugan, ER Eswaran, Abdul Samad, T Sadhan Thirumalaikumar, K Marimuthu, VP Nagalimaali, M Sinthanai Selvan, Vanathi Srinivasan, GK Mani, K Selvaperunthagai, and O Panneerselvam welcomed the chief minister's announcement.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan too welcomed the statement and insisted the government display a documentary on the departed leader at the Ambedkar memorial. VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan and four-party MLAs met Stalin in his chamber and thanked him for the statement.

To be observed at all DMK district units.
Stalin instructed the DMK cadre to celebrate Equality Day at the party's district unit offices and the 238 Periyar Memorial Samathuvapuram.

Source: PTI

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