Six communities want to be delisted from SC/ST list, in caste-sensitive TN

State has witnessed violent agitations demanding reclassification of castes for acquiring benefits of communal reservations.
Six communities have begun to build pressure on the Tamil Nadu government to delist them from the Scheduled Castes.
Their demand is that they must be grouped under the common name of ‘Devendrakula Vellalar’ and removed from the Scheduled Castes list.
In the past, leaders of intermediate caste groups had led agitations seeking to be removed from the Backward Classes list.
Likewise, there is a demand from the fishing community to be recognised as Scheduled Tribes.

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