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**Lt_Apple** · 05-09-2012, 07:14 AM

Rajaji's greatest failure was to see the emergence of non-Brahmins in the political arena. When he became the CM of TN, he sent a list of persons to be made ministers in his cabinet to Nehru, who observed that the overwhelming majority of persons in the list were brahmins. Nehru asked for a revised list pointing out this fact. Unfortunately the second list submitted by Rajaji was loaded in favour of brahmins. Nehru then asked Kamaraj to prepare a list which was accepted. Unwittingly, Rajaji also brought the scheme dubbed by his enemies as 'Kulakkalvi thittam.' Though the intention of the scheme was good, it was political harakiri for Rajaji. His support to the DMK, the arch enemies of brahmins, just to spite the Congress was the death knell for brahmins in politics.

05-09-2012, 07:14 AM	#2
Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	Rajaji's greatest failure was to see the emergence of non-Brahmins in the political arena. When he became the CM of TN, he sent a list of persons to be made ministers in his cabinet to Nehru, who observed that the overwhelming majority of persons in the list were brahmins. Nehru asked for a revised list pointing out this fact. Unfortunately the second list submitted by Rajaji was loaded in favour of brahmins. Nehru then asked Kamaraj to prepare a list which was accepted. Unwittingly, Rajaji also brought the scheme dubbed by his enemies as 'Kulakkalvi thittam.' Though the intention of the scheme was good, it was political harakiri for Rajaji. His support to the DMK, the arch enemies of brahmins, just to spite the Congress was the death knell for brahmins in politics.
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