Chennai: The All India Telugu Federation (AITF) has demanded the Tamil Nadu government to include the languages of linguistic minorities in school syllabus, as a compulsory subject, respecting Article 30 of the Constitution.
The Federation has also sought the renaming of Tiruchi district after Rani Mangammal, the queen who ruled the Madurai Nayak kingdom with Tiruchi as her capital, and Tirunelveli district after freedom fighter and 18th century Palayakarrar and chieftain from Panchalankurichi, Kattabomman.
Resolutions to this effect were unanimously passed at the State executive committee meeting of AITF held at Tiruchi, on Saturday, with its president Prof Dr. C. M. K. Reddy, stated a release here.
Computerising enumeration uploading the details on government website to maintain accuracy and transparency of statistics, another resolution said.
Yet another resolution demanded a quota system community-wise to fill all important posts, such as district and High Court Judges, Group 1 & 2 placements, Chairmen of various Boards, government seats in medical, dental, engineering, law, veterinary courses, according to the population ratio in the State.
Establishing Telugu Academy as was done for Muslims, to oversee our education and conserve culture, constructing a memorial and installing a statue for Rani Mangammal at an appropriate place in Tiruchi, a memorial for the great freedom fighter, Veerapandia Kattabomman in Chennai, reviving the TN Scavenger Welfare Board to benefit Sewerage Workers & Scavengers, were among the ten resolutions that were passed on the occasion.
The federation has planned to hold State Telugu Maanaadu in 2019, either in Madurai or Tiruchi, to demonstrate its solidarity and also to sensitise Telugu population for judicious voting in the next elections, the release added.
