New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the immediate convening of Parliament to discuss the Supreme Court stay on 27 per cent quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions.
The resolution, introduced by TN Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, appealed to the Centre to take "appropriate decisions".
It said the apex court verdict affects the rights of Parliament and was a setback to the socially and educationally oppressed sections of society.
Parliament should take a suitable decision so that OBCs, who are the lowest strata of society, are not affected by the interim verdict, the resolution said.
Earlier, when the house assembled on Friday, AIADMK, PMK and Congress members raised the issue and demanded a discussion but speaker R Avudaiappan said the discussion would be held later.
The DMK has called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the state on March 31 to express the "people's anguish" at the apex court's decision.
While clarifying that the bandh is not in contempt of the Supreme Court's order, Karunanidhi said, "It is only to express the people's concern. This is only to condemn the efforts to destroy social justice."
(With inputs from PTI)
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