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Chennai:It has been about threeyears since Indhumathi Pandian, a Dalit woman, won a village panchayat election in Tamil Nadu..
Angry upper-caste Hindus have fiercely opposed both Indhumathis election and the election commissions decision to reserve the village panchayat presidents post for a Scheduled Caste (SC) woman.. The 26-year-old, though, isnt giving up without a fight...
With the arguments placed before the court, we are confident that Indhumathis election will be recognised and shell soon take oath as the president of the village panchayat, he said...
When the state Election Commission announced that the Nayakaneri panchayat post was reserved for women candidates from the SC community, villagers were surprised...
The upper-caste Hindus made a huge ruckus and told the district administration that theyhave got a stay on me taking oath as panchayat president, challenging my election on the grounds that the Nayakaneri panchayat cannot be reserved for women, she said...
