MDMK chief Vaiko talking on the annual memorial lecture at VIT Vellore on Wednesday. , Photograph Credit score: C. Venkatachalapathy
The founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Know-how (VIT), G. Viswanathan, on Wednesday stated that schooling progress and financial growth will assist to decrease caste and non secular divisions within the nation.
In his presidential handle on the annual memorial lecture in honor of Dravidian stalwarts ‘Periyar’ EV Ramasamy and former Chief Minister CN Annadurai, collectively organized by Navalar-Sezhiyan Basis and Pavendar Bharathidasan Tamil Literary Discussion board at VIT campus in Vellore, he stated that Tamil Nadu is a superb instance the place regular development in schooling and financial exercise has progressively diminished divisions created on the traces of caste and religions to a big extent.
“Regardless of a smaller inhabitants of 80 million, Tamil Nadu has a per capita earnings of $5,400 as towards Bihar ($810) and UP (1,500) which have a inhabitants of 130 million and 240 million. It clearly exemplifies that schooling and financial progress will assist to interrupt caste and non secular limitations,” he stated.
The VIT Chancellor stated that nice strides by Tamil Nadu in schooling and economic system have been made doable since independence solely after the emergence of the Dravidian motion that was spearheaded by its leaders like Periyar and Annadurai. Early Dravidian leaders always fought for the rights of Tamil Nadu. In addition they persistently upheld the primacy of Tamil language and its tradition, he stated.
Reiterating the rationale to separate ‘Periyar’ Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) to type Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 1949 by Annadurai, MDMK chief Vaiko stated that regardless of forming DMK as a political social gathering, Annadurai all the time adhered to the rules and beliefs of Dravidar Kazhagam. The 2 – DMK and DK – acted as double-barreled weapons when it comes to highlighting rights of Tamil individuals on the national-level, he stated.
On the event, Ok. Veeramani, president, Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), Sankar Viswanathan and GV Selvam, vice-presidents, VIT, have been current.
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