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	==Vanniyar reservation protest==		==Vanniyar reservation protest==
	In 1987, Ramadoss ~~staged a road blockade by cutting down trees. The protestors demanded 20% reservation in~~ [[~~Tamil Nadu~~]] ~~government jobs~~ for the [[~~Vanniyar~~]] community. ~~Ramadoss~~-~~led protesters committed arson on settlements of~~ [[~~Dalits~~]] in the [[~~South Arcot District (Madras Presidency)\|South Arcot district~~]] ~~to draw attention~~.<ref> {{Cite ~~web~~\|~~date~~=~~October 15, 1987~~\|~~first1~~=~~S. H~~.\|~~last1~~=~~Venkatramani~~\|title=~~Agitation by backward~~ Vanniyar ~~community rocks Tamil Nadu~~\|url=https://www.~~indiatoday~~.in/~~magazine~~/~~indiascope~~/~~story~~/~~19871015~~-~~agitation~~-by-~~backward~~-~~vanniyar~~-~~community~~-~~rocks~~-tamil-nadu-~~799377~~-~~1987~~-10-15\|access-date=2021-03-04\|website=~~India Today~~\|~~language~~=en}}</ref>		{{main\|1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation}}
			In 1987, the Vanniyar Sangham under Ramadoss organized the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation]] demanding MBC status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when lakhs of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1400 houses of the [[Dalit]] community burned down.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Collins\|first=Michael A\|date=2017-01-01\|title=Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India\|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI10266289\|journal=Dissertations available from ProQuest\|pages=137, 138}}</ref> The police under the [[M. G. Ramachandran\|M G Ramchandran]] (MGR) led AIADMK government shot down 21 protestors.<ref name="HT40yrold">{{Cite web\|date=2021-04-05\|title=40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election/40yrold-reservation-demand-conceded-in-tn-is-it-working-for-pmk-101617616756127.html\|access-date=2021-07-26\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> Later in 1989, the DMK government under [[M. Karunanidhi]] granted them 20 percent reservation under the Most backward class.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-05-07\|title=Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vanniyar-sangam-revives-demand-for-exclusive-quota/article3391128.ece\|access-date=2021-08-02\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The Pattali Makkal Katchi, founded by S. Ramadoss on 16 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Will PMK’s investment in caste-politics yield results?\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/feb/26/will-pmks-investment-in-caste-politics-yield-results-1943843.html\|access-date=2021-08-17\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> emerged out of these protests.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Manikandan\|first=C.\|last2=Wyatt\|first2=Andrew\|date=2019-01-02\|title=Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)\|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070\|journal=Contemporary South Asia\|volume=27\|issue=1\|pages=3\|doi=10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070\|issn=0958-4935}}</ref>

	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==
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	===Anti-Dalit campaign===		===Anti-Dalit campaign===
	Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. On December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again\|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/on-the-heels-of-another-murder-pmk-brings-up-fake-love-again/amp/\|access-date=2021-03-04\|website=thefederal.com}}</ref> In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." [[M. Karunanidhi]] asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the [[2012 Dharmapuri violence]], where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/pmk-chiefs-anti-dalit-campaign-sparks-outrage-506443\|access-date=2020-09-17\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-12-02\|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece\|access-date=2020-09-17\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ravishankar\|first=Sandhya\|title=Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss\|url=http://scroll.in/article/804855/whos-who-in-tamil-nadu-elections-s-ramadoss\|access-date=2020-09-17\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=August 26, 2016\|title='Marriage age for women should be made 21'\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/marriage-age-for-women-should-be-made-21/articleshow/53865730.cms\|access-date=2021-03-04\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989\|SC/ST Act]], a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-12-02\|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece\|access-date=2021-03-04\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the [[2013 Marakkanam violence]]. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/pmk-ramadoss-out-of-jail-on-bail-slams-jayalalithaa-government-for-arrest-india-today-162657-2013-05-11\|title=PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-holds-pmk-vanniyar-sangam-responsible-for-marakkanam-riots/article4666549.ece/amp/\|title=CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> VCK accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in [[Arakkonam\|Arrakonam]] in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/08/two-youngsters-stabbed-to-death-in-clash-at-arakkonam-in-tn-vck-blames-pmk-for-murders-2287477.amp\|title = Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express}}</ref>		Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. On December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again\|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/on-the-heels-of-another-murder-pmk-brings-up-fake-love-again/amp/\|access-date=2021-03-04\|website=thefederal.com}}</ref> In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." [[M. Karunanidhi]] asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the [[2012 Dharmapuri violence]], where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/pmk-chiefs-anti-dalit-campaign-sparks-outrage-506443\|access-date=2020-09-17\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-12-02\|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece\|access-date=2020-09-17\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ravishankar\|first=Sandhya\|title=Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss\|url=http://scroll.in/article/804855/whos-who-in-tamil-nadu-elections-s-ramadoss\|access-date=2020-09-17\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=August 26, 2016\|title='Marriage age for women should be made 21'\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/marriage-age-for-women-should-be-made-21/articleshow/53865730.cms\|access-date=2021-03-04\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989\|SC/ST Act]], a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-12-02\|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece\|access-date=2021-03-04\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the [[2013 Marakkanam violence]]. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/pmk-ramadoss-out-of-jail-on-bail-slams-jayalalithaa-government-for-arrest-india-today-162657-2013-05-11\|title=PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-holds-pmk-vanniyar-sangam-responsible-for-marakkanam-riots/article4666549.ece/amp/\|title=CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] (VCK) accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in [[Arakkonam\|Arrakonam]] in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/08/two-youngsters-stabbed-to-death-in-clash-at-arakkonam-in-tn-vck-blames-pmk-for-murders-2287477.amp\|title = Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express}}</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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{{short description|Indian Tamil Politician}}
{{Lead too short|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = S Ramadoss
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|7|25}}
| birth_place = Keezhsiviri, [[Villupuram district|Villupuram]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| party=
| party_caption=[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|spouse = Saraswathi
| children = [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
| title = Founder of [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] [[File:Pmk flag.jpg|70px]]
| residence = [[Tindivanam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
|occupation = [[politician]]
| alma_mater=[[Madras Medical College]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Ramadoss-MMC-60-class-recall-medico-days/articleshow/50504492.cms | title=Ramadoss, MMC '60 class recall medico days | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Meera Vankipuram | date=9 June 2016 | access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/160109/nation-current-affairs/article/quiet-ramadoss-joining-politics-was-big-surprise-college | title=Quiet Ramadoss joining politics was big surprise: College alumni | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | date=9 June 2016 | access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''S. Ramadoss''' is an Indian politician. He is the founder of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], an Indian [[political party]].<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/aug/30pmk.htm|title=From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way|work=Rediff.com|date=August 30, 1999|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref>

==Vanniyar reservation protest==
In 1987, Ramadoss staged a road blockade by cutting down trees. The protestors demanded 20% reservation in [[Tamil Nadu]] government jobs for the [[Vanniyar]] community. Ramadoss-led protesters committed arson on settlements of [[Dalits]] in the [[South Arcot District (Madras Presidency)|South Arcot district]] to draw attention.<ref> {{Cite web|date=October 15, 1987|first1=S. H.|last1=Venkatramani|title=Agitation by backward Vanniyar community rocks Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19871015-agitation-by-backward-vanniyar-community-rocks-tamil-nadu-799377-1987-10-15|access-date=2021-03-04|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== Controversy ==

=== Threatening journalists ===
S Ramadoss is known for using unparliamentary language in press meets and public meetings. On June 2019 he stoked a controversy, saying that he would kill journalists who question him about hundreds of trees cut down by his party workers during his arrest by the [[J. Jayalalithaa|J Jayalalithaa]] government. He said, "if we protest again we will not cut trees but hack down those who ask these questions, and throw their mangled bodies across the road."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-24|title='Will cut journalists who suggest I'm a tree-cutter': S Ramadoss|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/will-cut-journalists-who-suggest-im-a-tree-cutter-s-ramadoss/|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref> He also called the journalists "dogs" and "''Kammanati pasanga''", a derogatory phrase used for 'son of widow'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu: Viral video shows Ramadoss threatening to hack journalists|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/06/24/tamil-nadu-viral-video-shows-ramadoss-threatening-to-hack-journalists.html|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-23|title=Ramadoss threatens journalist who questioned him on tree felling|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ramadoss-threatens-journalist-who-questioned-him-on-tree-felling/article28112870.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

===Anti-Dalit campaign===
Ramadoss is notorious for his anti-Dalit rhetoric and violence. On December 2012, Ramadoss initiated a controversial campaign to prevent Dalit men from marrying non-Dalit women, especially those women who belong to the Vanniyar community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On the heels of another murder, PMK rakes up 'fake love' again|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/on-the-heels-of-another-murder-pmk-brings-up-fake-love-again/amp/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=thefederal.com}}</ref> In Tamil Nadu, many political parties wanted legal action against him. In an event in 2010, he said, "Dalit men sporting jeans, t-shirts and fancy glasses lure our women into marriages that don't work." [[M. Karunanidhi]] asked the government of the state to "act against those stirring up a caste passion". The campaign provoked the [[2012 Dharmapuri violence]], where hundreds of Dalit houses were charred by arsonists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PMK chief's anti-Dalit campaign sparks outrage|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/pmk-chiefs-anti-dalit-campaign-sparks-outrage-506443|access-date=2020-09-17|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2020-09-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ravishankar|first=Sandhya|title=Who's who in Tamil Nadu elections: S Ramadoss|url=http://scroll.in/article/804855/whos-who-in-tamil-nadu-elections-s-ramadoss|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramadoss strongly campaigned for raising women's legal age of marriage to 21 as he believes upper caste women in their late teenage are easy targets for Dalit men.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2016|title='Marriage age for women should be made 21'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/marriage-age-for-women-should-be-made-21/articleshow/53865730.cms|access-date=2021-03-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Ramadoss convened a meeting with leaders representing intermediate castes to crusade against [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989|SC/ST Act]], a law that criminalizes caste discrimination, alleging that Dalits misuse the law and register false cases to settle personal scores.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-12-02|title=Ramadoss consolidates intermediate caste groups against Dalits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramadoss-consolidates-intermediate-caste-groups-against-Dalits/article12432099.ece|access-date=2021-03-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2013, he was arrested for inciting caste riots. Jayalalitha blamed PMK and Vanniyar Sangam for the [[2013 Marakkanam violence]]. Following his arrest, PMK organised a statewide violent protest that resulted in the injury of several people and losses to public property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/pmk-ramadoss-out-of-jail-on-bail-slams-jayalalithaa-government-for-arrest-india-today-162657-2013-05-11|title=PMK leader S Ramadoss comes out of jail on bail, slams J Jayalalithaa government for his arrest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-holds-pmk-vanniyar-sangam-responsible-for-marakkanam-riots/article4666549.ece/amp/|title=CM holds PMK, Vanniyar Sangam responsible for Marakkanam riots|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> VCK accused PMK of murdering two Dalit youths in [[Arakkonam|Arrakonam]] in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/apr/08/two-youngsters-stabbed-to-death-in-clash-at-arakkonam-in-tn-vck-blames-pmk-for-murders-2287477.amp|title = Two youngsters stabbed to death in clash at Arakkonam in TN, VCK blames PMK for murders - the New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|title=Role of Regional Political Parties in India|last=Bhūẏām̐|first=Dāśarathi |year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sauMPCyhaXcC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA61|isbn=9788183241915|ref=Bhūẏām̐}}
* {{cite book|title=Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9RHlzMCiasC&q=thirumavalavan&pg=PA129|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=9780203862209|last=Wyatt|first=Andrew|ref=Wyatt}}

==External links==
*[http://pmkofficial.com/ramadoss/ S Ramadoss Official Profile]
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