Archive · 1 Sep 2026
EPS Highlights AIADMK Role in Tamil Nadu Reservation Protection
Edappadi K. Palaniswami spoke in the Tamil Nadu Assembly about reservation policies.
He said the AIADMK helped expand and protect these policies.
M.G. Ramachandran reportedly increased Backward Class reservation to 50%.
J. Jayalalithaa later worked to protect Tamil Nadu’s 69% reservation system.
Palaniswami said she negotiated with Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
He said the law was added to the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule.
This was intended to shield it from legal challenges.
He also recalled that K. Veeramani gave Jayalalithaa a title praising her social-justice work.
Edappadi K. Palaniswami highlighted the AIADMK’s role in Tamil Nadu’s social-justice policies.
He said M.G. Ramachandran initially raised Backward Class reservation to 50%.
Palaniswami credited J. Jayalalithaa with securing legal protection for the state’s 69% reservation policy.
He said Jayalalithaa negotiated with Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao during the 1991–96 AIADMK government.
The 69% reservation law was placed in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule, according to Palaniswami.
- Who
- AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, along with references to M.G. Ramachandran, J. Jayalalithaa, P.V. Narasimha Rao, and K. Veeramani.
- What
- Palaniswami highlighted the AIADMK’s claimed role in establishing and legally protecting Tamil Nadu’s 69% reservation policy.
- When
- Monday; the negotiations cited took place during the 1991–96 AIADMK government.
- Where
- The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly; the policy concerns Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- To emphasize the AIADMK’s contribution to social justice and the protection of the state’s reservation framework.
- Speaker
- Edappadi K. Palaniswami, AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister
- Reservation policy
- Tamil Nadu’s 69% reservation framework
- Earlier increase
- M.G. Ramachandran was credited with raising Backward Class reservation to 50%
- Legal protection
- The 69% reservation law was included in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule
- Government period
- The cited negotiations occurred during the 1991–96 AIADMK government
- Prime minister cited
- P.V. Narasimha Rao
- Honorific title
- K. Veeramani reportedly conferred the title ‘Samooga Needhi Kaatha Veeranganai’ on J. Jayalalithaa