Only those professing Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism should be permitted to contest in the 44 constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections 2026 in accordance with the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the latest Supreme Court verdict on the issue, insists a public interest litigation petition filed in the #MadrasHighCourt by Arjun Sampath o

Only those professing Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism should be permitted to contest in the 44 constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections 2026 in accordance with the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the latest Supreme Court verdict on the issue, insists a public interest litigation petition filed in the #MadrasHighCourt by Arjun Sampath of Indu Makkal Katchi. The petitioner claims to have reliably learnt that 90% of those who had filed their nominations in the reserved constituencies so far are Christians and therefore ineligible. @THChennai