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'''S. Ramadoss''' is an Indian politician. He is the founder of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], an Indian [[political party]].<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/aug/30pmk.htm|title=From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way|work=Rediff.com|date=August 30, 1999|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref>
'''S. Ramadoss''' (born 25 July 1939) is an Indian politician. He is the founder of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], an Indian [[political party]].<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/aug/30pmk.htm|title=From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way|work=Rediff.com|date=August 30, 1999|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref>


==Vanniyar reservation protest==
==Vanniyar reservation protest==
{{main|1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation}}
In 1987, Ramadoss staged protes demand ing 20% reservation in [[Tamil Nadu]] government jobs for the [[Vanniyar]] community. And succeeded in achieving the 20% demand for around 118 communities. His protest is considered as the toughest protest ever happened in Indian history. Newyork times America, has published an article praising ramadoss for achieving a massive protest ever seen.
In 1987, the Vanniyar Sangham under Ramadoss organized the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation]] demanding MBC status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when lakhs of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1400 houses of the [[Dalit]] community burned down.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Michael A|date=2017-01-01|title=Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI10266289|journal=Dissertations Available from ProQuest|pages=137, 138}}</ref> The police under the [[M. G. Ramachandran|M G Ramchandran]] (MGR) led AIADMK government shot down 21 protestors.<ref name="HT40yrold">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election/40yrold-reservation-demand-conceded-in-tn-is-it-working-for-pmk-101617616756127.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Later in 1989, the DMK government under [[M. Karunanidhi]] granted them 20 percent reservation under the Most backward class.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-05-07|title=Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vanniyar-sangam-revives-demand-for-exclusive-quota/article3391128.ece|access-date=2021-08-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The Pattali Makkal Katchi, founded by S. Ramadoss on 16 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Will PMK's investment in caste-politics yield results?|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/feb/26/will-pmks-investment-in-caste-politics-yield-results-1943843.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> emerged from these protests.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Manikandan|first1=C.|last2=Wyatt|first2=Andrew|date=2019-01-02|title=Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=27|issue=1|pages=3|doi=10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|s2cid=151268924 |issn=0958-4935}}</ref>


== Dalit Upliftment ==
== Controversy ==
Dalit Upliftment
=== Threatening journalists ===
S. Ramadoss is known for using foul language in press meets and public meetings. In June 2019 he stoked a controversy, saying that he would kill journalists who question him about hundreds of trees cut down by his party workers during his arrest by the [[J. Jayalalithaa|J Jayalalithaa]] government. He said, "if we protest again we will not cut trees but hack down those who ask these questions, and throw their mangled bodies across the road."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-24|title='Will cut journalists who suggest I'm a tree-cutter': S Ramadoss|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/will-cut-journalists-who-suggest-im-a-tree-cutter-s-ramadoss/|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref> He also called the journalists "dogs" and "''Kammanati pasanga''", a derogatory phrase used for 'son of widow'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu: Viral video shows Ramadoss threatening to hack journalists|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/06/24/tamil-nadu-viral-video-shows-ramadoss-threatening-to-hack-journalists.html|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-23|title=Ramadoss threatens journalist who questioned him on tree felling|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ramadoss-threatens-journalist-who-questioned-him-on-tree-felling/article28112870.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


PMK is the party to give 22.5% reservation in all India quota for SC ST. Dr. anbumani Ramadoss announced the reservation, inorde to thank Anbumani ramadoss for the announcement, Indian dalit leaders arranged program at tamilnadu to thank Anbumani ramadoss to thank him for the reservation announcement. The program was headed by Indian SC ST commission leader Buta Singh and indian dalit leaders form various states participated. Buta sing quoted Dr anbumani is the second person in India to announce reservation for SC ST after 60 years of independence he declared anbumani as second ambedkar and awarded him Dr.Ambedkar award.

== PMK SHADOW BUDGET ==
PMK is the only party in India to publish shadow budget. Shadow budget plays a major role in Europen countries development. PMK creates shadow budget base on various field country financial growth, sustainable development and special thing to highlight is PMK Creates separate shadow budget for agriculture. Since agriculture is the major occupation in TN.

=== Threatening journalists ===
S Ramadoss is known for using unparliamentary language in press meets and public meetings. On June 2019 he stoked a controversy, saying that he would kill journalists who question him about hundreds of trees cut down by his party workers during his arrest by the [[J. Jayalalithaa|J Jayalalithaa]] government. He said, "if we protest again we will not cut trees but hack down those who ask these questions, and throw their mangled bodies across the road."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-24|title='Will cut journalists who suggest I'm a tree-cutter': S Ramadoss|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/will-cut-journalists-who-suggest-im-a-tree-cutter-s-ramadoss/|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref> He also called the journalists "dogs" and "''Kammanati pasanga''", a derogatory phrase used for 'son of widow'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu: Viral video shows Ramadoss threatening to hack journalists|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/06/24/tamil-nadu-viral-video-shows-ramadoss-threatening-to-hack-journalists.html|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-23|title=Ramadoss threatens journalist who questioned him on tree felling|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ramadoss-threatens-journalist-who-questioned-him-on-tree-felling/article28112870.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
===Anti-Dalit campaign===
===Anti-Dalit campaign===
Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. On December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/on-the-heels-of-another-murder-pmk-brings-up-fake-love-again/amp/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=thefederal.com}}</ref> In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." [[M. Karunanidhi]] asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the [[2012 Dharmapuri violence]], where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/pmk-chiefs-anti-dalit-campaign-sparks-outrage-506443|access-date=2020-09-17|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2020-09-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ravishankar|first=Sandhya|title=Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss|url=http://scroll.in/article/804855/whos-who-in-tamil-nadu-elections-s-ramadoss|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2016|title='Marriage age for women should be made 21'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/marriage-age-for-women-should-be-made-21/articleshow/53865730.cms|access-date=2021-03-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989|SC/ST Act]], a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2021-03-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the [[2013 Marakkanam violence]]. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/pmk-ramadoss-out-of-jail-on-bail-slams-jayalalithaa-government-for-arrest-india-today-162657-2013-05-11|title=PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-holds-pmk-vanniyar-sangam-responsible-for-marakkanam-riots/article4666549.ece/amp/|title=CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> VCK accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in [[Arakkonam|Arrakonam]] in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/08/two-youngsters-stabbed-to-death-in-clash-at-arakkonam-in-tn-vck-blames-pmk-for-murders-2287477.amp|title = Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express}}</ref>
Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. In December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/on-the-heels-of-another-murder-pmk-brings-up-fake-love-again/amp/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=thefederal.com}}</ref> In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." [[M. Karunanidhi]] asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the [[2012 Dharmapuri violence]], where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/pmk-chiefs-anti-dalit-campaign-sparks-outrage-506443|access-date=2020-09-17|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2020-09-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ravishankar|first=Sandhya|title=Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss|url=http://scroll.in/article/804855/whos-who-in-tamil-nadu-elections-s-ramadoss|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2016|title='Marriage age for women should be made 21'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/marriage-age-for-women-should-be-made-21/articleshow/53865730.cms|access-date=2021-03-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989|SC/ST Act]], a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2021-03-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the [[2013 Marakkanam violence]]. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/pmk-ramadoss-out-of-jail-on-bail-slams-jayalalithaa-government-for-arrest-india-today-162657-2013-05-11|title=PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-holds-pmk-vanniyar-sangam-responsible-for-marakkanam-riots/article4666549.ece/amp/|title=CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] (VCK) accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in [[Arakkonam|Arrakonam]] in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/08/two-youngsters-stabbed-to-death-in-clash-at-arakkonam-in-tn-vck-blames-pmk-for-murders-2287477.html|title = Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express}}</ref>


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==References==
==References==
* {{cite book|title=Role of Regional Political Parties in India|last=Bhūẏām̐|first=Dāśarathi |year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sauMPCyhaXcC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA61|isbn=9788183241915|ref=Bhūẏām̐}}
* {{cite book|title=Role of Regional Political Parties in India|last=Bhūẏām̐|first=Dāśarathi |year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sauMPCyhaXcC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA61|isbn=9788183241915|ref=Bhūẏām̐}}
* {{cite book|title=Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9RHlzMCiasC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA129|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=9780203862209|last=Wyatt|first=Andrew|ref=Wyatt}}
* {{cite book|title=Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9RHlzMCiasC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA129|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=9780203862209|last=Wyatt|first=Andrew|ref=Wyatt}}



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S Ramadoss
Founder of Pattali Makkal Katchi
Personal details
Born (1939-07-25) 25 July 1939 (age 85)
Keezhsiviri, Villupuram, Madras Presidency, British India
SpouseSaraswathi
ChildrenAnbumani Ramadoss
Residence(s)Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materMadras Medical College[1][2]
Occupationpolitician

S. Ramadoss (born 25 July 1939) is an Indian politician. He is the founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, an Indian political party.[3]

Vanniyar reservation protest

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In 1987, the Vanniyar Sangham under Ramadoss organized the 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation demanding MBC status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when lakhs of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1400 houses of the Dalit community burned down.[4] The police under the M G Ramchandran (MGR) led AIADMK government shot down 21 protestors.[5] Later in 1989, the DMK government under M. Karunanidhi granted them 20 percent reservation under the Most backward class.[6] The Pattali Makkal Katchi, founded by S. Ramadoss on 16 July 1989,[7] emerged from these protests.[8]

Controversy

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Threatening journalists

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S. Ramadoss is known for using foul language in press meets and public meetings. In June 2019 he stoked a controversy, saying that he would kill journalists who question him about hundreds of trees cut down by his party workers during his arrest by the J Jayalalithaa government. He said, "if we protest again we will not cut trees but hack down those who ask these questions, and throw their mangled bodies across the road."[9] He also called the journalists "dogs" and "Kammanati pasanga", a derogatory phrase used for 'son of widow'.[10][11]

Anti-Dalit campaign

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Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. In December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.[12] In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." M. Karunanidhi asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the 2012 Dharmapuri violence, where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.[13][14][15] Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.[16] Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against SC/ST Act, a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.[17] In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the 2013 Marakkanam violence. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.[18][19] Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in Arrakonam in April 2021.[20]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Ramadoss, MMC '60 class recall medico days". Meera Vankipuram. The Times of India. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Quiet Ramadoss joining politics was big surprise: College alumni". Deccan Chronicle. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ "From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way". Rediff.com. 30 August 1999. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  4. ^ Collins, Michael A (1 January 2017). "Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India". Dissertations Available from ProQuest: 137, 138.
  5. ^ "40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ Kolappan, B. (7 May 2012). "Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Will PMK's investment in caste-politics yield results?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ Manikandan, C.; Wyatt, Andrew (2 January 2019). "Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)". Contemporary South Asia. 27 (1): 3. doi:10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070. ISSN 0958-4935. S2CID 151268924.
  9. ^ "'Will cut journalists who suggest I'm a tree-cutter': S Ramadoss". The Federal. 24 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Tamil Nadu: Viral video shows Ramadoss threatening to hack journalists". The Week. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ramadoss threatens journalist who questioned him on tree felling". The Hindu. 23 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X.
  12. ^ "On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again". thefederal.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. ^ "PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage". NDTV.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  14. ^ Kolappan, B. (2 December 2012). "Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  15. ^ Ravishankar, Sandhya. "Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  16. ^ "'Marriage age for women should be made 21'". The Times of India. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  17. ^ Kolappan, B. (2 December 2012). "Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  18. ^ "PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest".
  19. ^ "CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots". The Hindu. 29 April 2013.
  20. ^ "Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express".

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