VCK to give more responsibilities to women and youth

In what could be seen as an outreach towards youth and women, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder Thol. Thirumavalavan, on Sunday (January 4, 2025) said he intended to bring more women and youth into the party structure. He also announced the appointment of nearly 140 party office bearers for a tenure of three years.

He said the party has received more than 21,000 applications from aspirants for party posts across all the 234 party district units. Apart from district secretaries, each district unit equivalent to one assembly constituency will also have office bearers within the district.

In a video message, Mr. Thirumavalavan said, “I have given more importance to youth. It is important to include young people into the party structure. We will consider those who are 45 years of age and below as “youth” and they will be given priority. Of the 234 people appointed across Tamil Nadu to party district administration, close to 90 people are youth.”

He added the party couldn’t appoint requisite number non-Scheduled Caste members and women in party posts as required. “We must have appointed 23 women and 23 non-Dalits as district secretaries. We could only appoint 15 women and 17 non-Dalits including Muslims as district secretaries. However, across all 234 district units, we will appoint women and non-Dalits as district office bearers. Apart from this, more than 450 women office bearers will be a part of party structure across districts,” he said.