NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, AUG 8
Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani on Saturday thanked Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam for according Backward Class (BC) status to Ezhuva-Thiyya community in the state.
ஈழுவா தீயா சமுதாயத்தினருக்கு பிற்படுத்தப்பட்டோர் சான்றிதழ் வழங்க உத்தரவிட்டு, அரசாணை வெளியிட்ட மாண்புமிகு தமிழக முதல்வர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி அவர்களுக்கு நன்றி தெரிவித்து, கோவை குனியமுத்தூரில் அச்சமுதாயத்தினர் நடத்திய நிகழ்ச்சியில் பங்கேற்றேன்.#Coimbatore pic.twitter.com/xOx3AqvpN7
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Speaking at a function in which he handed over the BC status certificates to a few people here, Velumani said the government accorded the status to Ezhava-Thiyya community in 10 days. The demand for the BC status has been pending for the past 40 years, he said.
The Minister recalled that former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had promised the community to give the status and more members from the community would be issued the certificate at the Collectorate.
The community was omitted from the BC list in 1976 after the then government decided not to give the status to the communities which were outside the state. Majority of Thiyyas hailed from Malabar taluks in Kerala.
