‘Thevar’ title won’t be dropped from textbooks
Chennai:13.02.2019
In the backdrop of concerns raised by Thevar community leaders over the reported move to truncate the name of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar by removing his caste suffix in school textbooks, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan on Tuesday said in the assembly that such fears were unfounded. He said state syllabus textbooks would have the leader’s name mentioned as “Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar”. He was reacting to MJK MLA Thameemun Ansari and Thiruvadanai MLA S Karunas, who alleged that the suffix “Thevar” was dropped in many textbooks. “Former President Pranab Mukherjee, vicepresident Venkaiah Naidu and several other leaders continue to use their surnames. Thevar signed the assembly register in 1957 with his surname. His statues in the Parliament and Nandanam, unveiled by former CM J Jayalalithaa, bear his full name. Why not have ‘Thevar’ in his name?” Karunas asked. TNN
Chennai:13.02.2019
In the backdrop of concerns raised by Thevar community leaders over the reported move to truncate the name of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar by removing his caste suffix in school textbooks, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan on Tuesday said in the assembly that such fears were unfounded. He said state syllabus textbooks would have the leader’s name mentioned as “Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar”. He was reacting to MJK MLA Thameemun Ansari and Thiruvadanai MLA S Karunas, who alleged that the suffix “Thevar” was dropped in many textbooks. “Former President Pranab Mukherjee, vicepresident Venkaiah Naidu and several other leaders continue to use their surnames. Thevar signed the assembly register in 1957 with his surname. His statues in the Parliament and Nandanam, unveiled by former CM J Jayalalithaa, bear his full name. Why not have ‘Thevar’ in his name?” Karunas asked. TNN
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