Chennai, June 9 -- PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss met Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Secretariat on Tuesday to formally submit a resolution demanding the immediate implementation of a caste-based census in Tamil Nadu.

The meeting follows an all-party and community leaders' conference convened by the PMK on June 5, which emphasised that a caste-wise enumeration is essential to safeguard the State's 69% reservation policy. Party leaders argue that with the reservation issue currently pending before the Supreme Court, the government must be prepared to submit empirical, caste-based data to defend the existing quota framework against potential legal challenges.

The conference, which saw participation from over 40 political parties i...