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Remembering Kakkan: Tamil Nadu needs more decisive, people centric leaders

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swathi25

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Tamil Nadu has more political parties and equally more leaders.

Why we don't have leaders like Kakkan now..???



Remembering Kakkan: Tamil Nadu needs more decisive, people centric leaders



We are failing in performing a vital duty by not cherishing the valued contribution of Kakkan, a leader who has steered Dalit led empowerment in Tamil Nadu and India.
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“One hundred years later, the N**** still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the N**** is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the N**** lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the N**** is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land.”


These strong words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963 are not just restricted to USA, but if one were juxtapose it to the scenario of Dalits in India, the meaning of his life’s mission will deeply resonate here, too.


June 18 marks the 109th birth anniversary of late P Kakkan, one of Tamil Nadu’s formidable leaders and Indian freedom fighters. King referred to the term ‘languish’, and today in India, Kakkan’s rich legacy and history is sadly left languishing from the hearts of the people.


“Sometime around 1978, MG Ramachandran (MGR) saw a woman among the morning crowd, got out of his car, went up to her and inquired about her husband. Invited her to eat and said that a car would take her home. She was former Congress minister Kakkan’s wife. Kakkan could not pay the Rs 170 rent and faced eviction from his government accommodation. Asking for a day’s time, his wife had approached MGR who settled all rental dues from his personal funds. The next day, a government order announced free housing to Kakkan, and granted a monthly stipend of Rs 500. MGR ensured that this continued to his family even after his death. To this incident, Tamil poet Kannadasan said, ‘Any party man would have to praise MGR for helping a martyr like Kakkan.’”

Read more at: https://www.thenewsminute.com/artic...ds-more-decisive-people-centric-leaders-83252
 
In the history of TN Politics 2 main people are regularly mentioned as proof of purity in Public Life - Kakkan and Kamaraj .Both of them never minted money while being in Office and there was one incident in which the famous Gandhian Kalyanam mentioned that once he had gone to meet Kakkan ( while he was the minister ) and his small daughter wanted 25 paise and Kakan told he did not have and she had to wait till he receive his official monthly salary and this Gandian had to give her 25 paise from his own pocket .
 

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