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...