Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly After the Supreme Court delivered the Mandal Commission judgment in November for reservation in education and employment at percent, the Assembly responded through legislation aimed at safeguarding the existing percent quota for Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes. Sankarlinganar Sankarlinganar is a Tamil Indian Independence activist and Gandhian. He was born in Manmalai Medu in Virudhunagar District to Karuppasamy and Valliammal in . He joined the Indian National Congress in . He also participated in the Salt March in along with Gandhi under Rajaji’s influence. The consequence of Potti Sreeramalu fast demanding for a separate state of Telugu from Madras state for Telugu speaking people and Madras city to be its capital in led to new agitation in Madras state in need to change its name. In , Sankarlinganar started to fast on demand for change in the name of Sankarlinganar Jeevanandham M.P Sivaganam the state from Madras to Tamil Nadu. He started his hunger strike on 27th July on in Virudhunagar for demands. Despite the request of C.N.Annadurai, M.P Sivaganam, and Jeevanandham, he continued to fast and died on the 76th day on 13th October . Select Committee The Select Committee is made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular aspects originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. Under Rule of the Rajya Sabha Rules and Procedures, any member may move a bill which is referred to a select committee and, when the motion is admitted, the bill shall be referred to such a committee. The quorum needs to be one-third of the total number of members of the committee. In case of a tie on any matter, the chairman (or any other person  Thiyagi Sankaralinganar observed fasting for days from . . to . . , for the name conversion of Chennai Presidency as “Tamizhagam.”  The State of Madras changed the name as State of Tamil Nadu on 14th January .  He was the only person in Indian History to end his life by observing fast for many days in Gandhiyan Way.