Chennai, April 13 -- Hailing former Bihar Chief Minister and MP B P Mandal as a torchbearer of social justice, Tamil Nadu CM and DMK President M K Stalin paid rich tributes to him on his death anniversary.

He headed the Mandal Commission and in his report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) should be granted reservations to 27% of jobs under the central government and public sector undertakings and seats in the higher education institutions.

Mr Stalin in a social media post said "On his death anniversary, we pay tribute to Thiru. B.P.Mandal - a torchbearer of social justice whose Commission exposed the structural denial of opportunity to OBCs."

"The Dravidian movement stood firmly with his vision, even before t...