Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling the state government's demand for including Narikoravan, Kuruvikkaran and Malayali Gounder in the Scheduled Tribes list.
In a statement here, Jayalalithaa said the Joint Parliamentary Committee and Lokkur committee were formed to look into the demand of the TN government to include Narikoravan, Kuruvikkaran and Malayali Gounder.
The two panels have given its approval for the demand. Besides, the state government had written a letter in July 2012 asking the Centre to take further action on the approval of the two committees.
The CM pointed out that she had written a letter to the PM on August 8, 2013, explaining the need for inclusion of Narikoravas into the ST list.
