PMK founder S. Ramadoss and president Anbumani Ramadoss collaborating on the Vanniyar Youth Conference held at Mahabalipuram in May 2025. There is not any finish in sight to the stand-off between the 2 leaders. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ
However, sources near Dr. Anbumani stated the protest deliberate in Villupuram for July 20 is prone to forestall any probability of rapprochement as a result of 50,000 staff are being mobilised. The protest is to spotlight the DMK authorities’s failure to implement 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyars throughout the MBC quota. Incidentally, Dr. Ramadoss’s residence is positioned at Thailapuram in Villupuram district.
‘Fatigue has set in’
Speaking to The Hindu, sources near Dr. Ramadoss and Dr. Anbumani stated fatigue had set in among the many occasion cadre due to the feud, and this might have an effect on the occasion’s efficiency within the 2026 Assembly election.
“However, the protest in opposition to the DMK authorities could be enormous. In 1995, Dr. Ramadoss declared that the then DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, could be the subsequent Chief Minister and offered him with a yellow scarf at Villupuram. Thirty-five years later, his son Dr. Anbumani will demand the ouster of the DMK and Karunanidhi’s son, M.Okay. Stalin, from energy for his or her failure to implement the inner reservation for the Vanniyars,” PMK spokesperson Okay. Balu stated.
Ending the deadlock
Another senior PMK chief near Dr. Ramadoss stated he hoped Dr. Anbumani would step again. “Who goes to be the most important loser if the occasion’s vote share dwindles and voters change to different events? It goes to be Dr. Anbumani who’s the way forward for this occasion,” he stated.
It is believed that the ladies’s convention, introduced by Dr. Ramadoss for August 10 at Poompuhar, would assist to finish the deadlock.
Published – July 15, 2025 10:36 pm IST
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