Chennai, June 6 (BPNS)
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) in a bid to appease the Dalit community is planning to elaborately celebrate the centenary celebrations of L. Elayaperumal.
Elayaperumal was a towering leader of the Congress party from the Dalit community in Tamil Nadu and the party is planning to conduct seminars and workshops as part of the centenary celebrations. The centenary of L. Elayaperumal falls on June 26th.
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is planning to celebrate the centenary celebrations of L. Elayaperumal who was an elected representative and a party leader. Elayperumal had intervened in several social issues for the upliftment of the Dalit communities and was an elected Member of Parliament from Cuddalore loksabha constituency at the age of 27.
He went on to become an MP for three terms and an MLA from Egmore assembly constituency once.
M.P. Ranjan Kumar, head TNCC Scheduled Caste cell told media persons that the contributions of L. Elayaperumal to the Dalit and other wider communities of Tamil Nadu has not been discussed properly. He said that the party is planning to highlight the work carried out by the Dalit leader and wanted to make the younger generation of the Congress cadre as well as the general society aware of his contributions for the Dalit communities as well as for the society.
He also said that national leaders of the Congress are likely to attend the seminars.
It is to be noted that with the 2024 Loksabha elections nearing, the Congress wants to appease the Dalit communities in large numbers and the party is expecting major support from the community in the ensuing general elections.
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