Chennai: Senior members of PMK including the party president G K Mani and advocate Balu met Minister P Thangamani at his residence at Greenways Road today.

It may be noted that PMK founder S Ramadoss had said that the State government had called for a meeting with PMK today with regards to the 20 per cent reservation for Vanniyars. For the past two months, the PMK has been demanding separate 20 per cent reservation for Vanniyars.

“Particularly for Vanniyars there is not sufficient opportunities given either in education or in employment. In 1989, the then DMK government gave 20 per cent reservation to 108 castes, including the Vanniyars. The reservation should have been meant only for the Vanniyars. But the government has shared that 20 per cent reservation with 108 castes. This is the root cause of the problem today. That’s why we are fighting for separate reservation of 20 per cent,” the party said in a statement. Starting 1 December, 2020, the PMK has organised protests on nine occasions to highlight their problems, the statement said.