PMK cadre stage protest alleging discrimination in Krishnagiri

Cadre of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) from Sikkapoovathi panchayat staged a protest exterior the Krishnagiri collectorate on Wednesday (September 24, 2025), alleging discrimination from the dominant caste and registration of “false PCR instances” towards their group males.

According to the protesters, members of the Kongu Vellalar Gounder group had denied the Vanniyar group the precise to worship on the Mandu Mariamman temple within the village. Following this, different affected villagers had moved the court docket. The court docket ordered opening the temple to everybody for widespread worship.

However, based on PMK, the temple was stored shut allegedly to maintain the Vanniyar group out of the temple.

They additionally alleged that over 35 males from the Vanniyar group had been charged below the Prevention of Atrocities Act on the accusation that that they had razed an historical temple that was worshipped by Adi Dravidars.

The occasion members attested the camaraderie between Vanniyars and Adi Dravidars for generations, and denied the allegation stating that that they had cleared a land that was suffering from rubbish and there was no outdated temple. There are deliberate makes an attempt to create a wedge between the 2 communities within the panchayat who lived amicably, stated one of many protesters.