Chennai, July 8 -- The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced that school and college hostels for students belonging to Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe, Backward Caste, Most Backward Caste, and denotified communities will be renamed as "Social Justice Hostels".

"This decision will lay the foundation for building a progressive Tamil society without any caste differences," Stalin said, adding that under the DMK's Dravidian model of governance, he aims to establish justice in the spheres of social, gender and economy.

"It is essential to eliminate caste sentiments to shape our future society into a progressive one. As a continuation of the various initiatives taken by the Tamil Nadu government with this objective, it has now been decided...