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| Tamil Nadu polls: Coalitions of cas |
| Tamil Nadu polls: Coalitions of caste
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| INDIA
, 24-March-2011
2:2:13 AM |
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Ahead of the polls in Tamil Nadu, a number of outfits — established, nascent and unknown — have emerged from the shadows with a claim to transfer their captive, caste-based votes for respect, recognition and other benefits.
The power of this transferable vote share has been exhibited best by the Pattali Makkal Katchi, a party of the numerically strong most backward class (MBC) Vanniyar community and founded by Dr S Ramadoss. They comprise nearly 30 per cent of the population. The community has leaders in all parties, yet the poor among its members remain so.
The social outfit Vanniyar Sangam was born in 1980, and from it the PMK was formed nine years later. Though its vote share has remained single digit, the party has two advantages: its votes are considered transferable en bloc, and its votes are concentrated, in the north.
Also dominant in these districts is the Dalit party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, led by Thol Thirumavalavan, MP. The party, earlier known as Dalit Panthers of India, has considerable influence among the Paraya sub-sect of Dalits, and was involved in a series of communal clashes with the Vanniyars. Now that both are in the DMK-led alliance, their leaders have made the right noises about working towards the same goal
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