CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced a seven-member committee for social justice and appointed Dravidian ideologue Suba Veerpandian as its chairman. The committee will monitor the implementation of social justice criteria in education, employment, postings, promotions and appointments.
The members of the committee include retired bureaucrat K Dhanavel, former pro vice-chancellor of Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Swaminathan Devadoss, poet Manushyaputhiran, an expert in laws for Adi Dravidar and Scheduled Castes, A Jaison, economic expert R Rajendran and Federation of All India Backward Classes general secretary G Karunanidhy. The committee will monitor and guide social justice programmes, besides recommending to the government to initiate action if the criteria is not properly implemented.
The announcement to constitute the committee was made last month on the sidelines of the centenary of the first order issued for communal reservation by the Justice Party government in the then Madras Presidency. The state government’s social reforms secretary will be the member-secretary of the committee, an official statement said.
