Annamalai has been in politics for less than 4 years. He is already a youth icon, rattled the Dravidian ecosystem, established BJP as the primary anti-DMK force and rekindled TN's dormant Hindu consciousness after 60 years. Several reasons to vote for Annamalai - A thread. (1/17) Anti-DMK: MGR & Jaya became mass leaders as anti-DMK icons. Annamalai's zero compromise approach vs ruling first family & attacking core Dravidian ideology has outshined current ADMK, which has become Alt-DMK. He is now viewed in mainstream as the primary anti-DMK voice. (2/17)

Sir Pitti Theagaraya Chetty was one of the founders of the Justice Party, whose Non-Brahmin manifesto stated, "we are deeply devoted and loyally attached to the British Rule."

Shocked? There's more. (1/4)

https://twitter.com/SundarrajanG/status/1777534902868799720

DMK's precursor, the Justice Party had never fought for India's independence. Quite the opposite, they were the only outfit in India to approve the Rowlatt Act and action at Jallianwala Bagh which resulted in the màssàcrê. (2/4)

Annamalai was All India 1st in his IPS Cadre. In 2010 when he cleared UPSC, Gen Category cut-off (mains) was 904 & he scored 970. Gen Cat cut-off for mains+interview was 1134 & he scored 1180. DMK can't stomach a farmer reaching heights their first family can only dream of. (1/6)

https://twitter.com/slbala/status/1772515340758499471

The best performer in each IPS cadre of that year gets to speak in Rashtrapati Bhavan in front of the president. Here is Annamalai's speech in front of then President Pranab Mukherjee in 2011. (2/6)

DMK councillor Sarbraz Nawaz and former DMK councillor Jainuddin arrested in connection with the seizure of cocaine worth ₹360 crores destined for Sri Lanka from Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.

A thread with the details. (1/8) On Saturday (26 November 2022), the Coast Guard Police conducted an intensive surveillance activity on the Mandapam-Vedalai road near Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu. (2/8)

The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board claims an entire Hindu-majority village including temple lands as its property.

A thread with all the details. (1/17) A shocking case of the Waqf Board claiming a property has come to light in Tamil Nadu, where an entire Hindu majority village has been declared as waqf property. Thiruchendurai village near Trichy has been designated as a waqf property by the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board. (2/17)

*டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி. இடஒதுக்கீடு கொள்கை - சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தின் தீர்ப்பின் சாராம்சம் (07/09/2022) 🧵*
#TNPSC
உச்சநீதிமன்றத் தீர்ப்பின் படியும் ராஜஸ்தான் உயர்நீதிமன்றத் தீர்ப்பின் படியும், பின்வருமாறு இடஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கப்பட வேண்டும். (1/8) முதலில், இட ஒதுக்கீடு ஏதும் இல்லாத open merit list தயார் செய்ய வேண்டும். இரண்டாவதாக, இந்த open merit list இல் vertical reservation எனப்படும் சாதிவாரி இடஒதுக்கீடு ஒதுக்கப்பட வேண்டும். மூன்றாவதாக, horizontal reservation எனப்படும் பாலினம்சார் இடஒதுக்கீடு ஒதுக்கப்பட வேண்டும். (2/8)

*Trying to find a Dravidian ideologue's UC Berkeley PhD - A thread.*

This tweet has been seen on the timeline and the name UC Berkeley caught my eye as it is one of the top educational institutes. A doctorate from there piqued my interest. (1/11) Just out of basic curiosity, I tried to know when this person (KRS) had done his doctorate. Now, there are usually a lot of digital traces for any student with an American university. It would be so for a doctoral candidate with a premier university. Or so I thought. (2/11)

*Short Thread*
2020-21 (era of complete lockdown):
Gujarat was revenue deficit by ₹21951cr.
Tamil Nadu was revenue deficit by ₹65994cr.

2021-22:
Gujarat is revenue surplus by ₹1208cr- recovery of ₹23160cr.
TN is still revenue deficit by ₹58692cr- recovery of only ₹7301cr. A total of 13 states/UTs have easily outperformed Tamil Nadu when comparing the revenue (surplus/deficit) between 2020-21 & 2021-22. The complete data is downloaded from the RBI website

Since 2013, there have been 6 TNPSC examinations conducted for the most coveted posts included in 'Group-I Services'. Out of the 1035 candidates selected since 2013, only 3 candidates belong to the general category.

Here is a thread with the detailed breakdown of each result.🧵 TNPSC ranking list for posts included in Group-I Services examination [2011-2013]. Result announced on 07/04/2014.

Total: 59 candidates selected-
General (Others): 2
BC: 25
BCM: 6
MBC/DC: 14
SCA: 6
SC: 6
ST: 0

Male to Female ratio- 29:30

TNPSC Group-I ranking list had been published on 18.07.2022. All the 137 candidates belong to the reserved category, NONE from general category.
There is more to it.

Here is a detailed thread. Out of the recent ranking lists published for the various posts by TNPSC, only 9 candidates belong to general category (0.5%). 1735 candidates belong to reserved category (99.5%).

Total Reservation in TN: 69%
General Category: 31%

The rankings for various posts are below.