Thol. Thirumavalavan

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Photo for Lok Sabha in 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
30 May 2019
2007 Anbu Thozhi KaruppuGuest appearance [39]
2007 Ennai Paar Yogam Varum SingerSpecial appearance [42]
2011 Minsaram ThamizharasanChief Minister Role [43]

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Thiruma's books

Controversies

In the northern districts of Tamil Nadu with a large Vanniyar population, there are frequent clashes between Dalits and Vanniyars. During the 1999 general elections, there was intense violence in the region with casualties on both sides. Thirumavalavan accused Pattali Makkal Katchi, a Vanniyar caste-based party and its founder Ramadoss of instigating violence among the Vanniyars that result in the attack of Dalits. While Ramadoss alleges that Thirumavalavan encourages his party men to have sham inter-caste love marriage, Thirumavalavan accuses Ramadoss of showing caste superiority and instigating violence against Dalits. Both Thirumavalavan and Ramadoss reconciled and worked together during the period of 2004 to 2009, when they were part of the same electoral alliance. After 2009, when PMK split out of the DMK combine, the mutual confrontation started again. [45]

During December 2012, Ramadoss formed an all community safeguard forum comprising 51 intermediate castes. He said he would not have any further alliance with Thirumavalavan and his party. He alleged that the Dalits take undue advantage over other communities using the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and the Act should be abolished. [46] [47] During April 2013, after the party conference of PMK in Mahabalipuram, there were widespread attacks on the Dalits in Dharmapuri district that resulted in two Dalits being killed. Both PMK and VCK accused each other for the mishap, but Ramadoss was arrested after the orders from the state government for the hate speech and damages to the state property during the violence. [48] Thirumavalavan accused Ramadoss that his loss in the electoral base after the 2009 general elections and 2011 assembly elections has resulted in his going back to instigating caste violence. [49] [50]

The BSP was floated in Tamil Nadu in December 2008 with the same ideology as in Uttar Pradesh to unite the Dalits and Brahmins. Some of the prominent members of VCK like Selvaperunthagai, who was a MLA in Mangalore constituency, joined BSP. Thirumavalavan, in his response, claimed that the BSP is no threat to VCK vote bank and that the BSP has dumped the principles of Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and Periyar. [51] Some of the senior journalists also believed that BSP will not have a firm hold in Tamil Nadu to garner the 19% Dalit vote bank in Tamil Nadu as it did in Uttar Pradesh, as the vote bank is already split by the VCK and Puthia Tamizhagam party. [52]

The VCK, in a plan to start a television channel, asked the party men to donate gold on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Thirumavalavan. There were also Thulabaram type of functions where equal weight of Thirmavalavan was donated. This was subject to wider criticism, drawing parallels with the exotic celebrations organised by Mayawati, the leader of BSP in Uttar Pradesh. Thirumavalavan clarified that the idea was to collect donations for the party and that his party did not enjoy support from rich people as with the case of other parties. As of 4 October 2012, the party got 10 kg (22 lb) of gold from seven centres that included Puducherry that had 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). [53] [54] [55]

An altered video of a webinar from September 2020 in which Thol. Thirumavalavan was mentioning certain portions from Manusmriti on the status of women and their role created a controversy where he allegedly said that the Manusmriti treated all women as prostitutes. [56] As soon as the video gained steam, BJP members condemned his statements and claimed that Thirumavalavan had insulted women by referring to them as prostitutes. Thirumavalavan, however, claimed that he was not demeaning women but emancipating them and that he was merely quoting great leaders. The Chennai city police registered a case against Thirumavalavan for over his comment on Manusmriti on 23 October 2020, based on a complaint by BJP legal cell state secretary. [57] The VCK cadre across Tamil Nadu staged protests, [58] after the call for protests by Thirumavalavan urging the state and union government to ban Manusmriti on 24 October 2020 saying that the Manusmriti degrades Dalits, indigenous people, women and backward castes and spreads hate on them. [59] During the protests, he claimed that a few groups edited out five minutes from the forty minute video and claimed that he was demeaning women and the Hindutva groups are circulating the false message against him. [60]

Notes

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  2. ↑ "Conversion weakens our nos., says TN's dalit face Thol Thirumavalavan".
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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Viswanathan, S. (1 June 2004). "Voice of the oppressed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 Wyatt 2009, pp. 118–119
  12. ↑ Wyatt 2009, p. 120
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  16. 1 2 Wyatt 2009, pp. 122–123
  17. ↑ Wyatt 2009, p. 116
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  32. ↑ "Indian MPs visit transitional Centers in Vavuniya and visit to Jaffna District". Northern Provincial Council, Government of Sri Lanka. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  33. ↑ Thirumurthy, Priyanka (28 October 2020). "Thol Thirumavalavan interview: 'Manusmriti is practiced in all walks of life'". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 March 2021. Manusmriti is practiced in all walks of life. From the time a child is born, they are fed caste identity and taught their caste rituals. From what they wear to what they eat, from their relationships to marriage and finally their last rites, it is Manusmriti that is being practiced. How can you say it is not relevant?
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  35. ↑ "DMK-led alliance sounds battle cry against 'Sanatan forces'". The Times of India . 24 January 2019.
  36. ↑ "'Sanatana forces divide people to implement Manu dharma'". The Hindu. 15 September 2021.
  37. ↑ "Ambedkar award for Karunanidhi". The Hindu. 20 February 2010.
  38. ↑ "'சனாதனத்தை வேரறுப்போம், ஜனநாயகத்தை பாதுகாப்போம்!' - தொல்.திருமாவளவன்". 26 March 2021.
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  58. ↑ "VCK-Led Protests Erupt in Tamil Nadu Seeking a Ban on Manusmriti". 27 October 2020.
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