Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday rearranged the State Minority Commission and appointed Senior Congress leader S Peter Alphonse as chairman.
Former MIN minister’s Mr.
Karutanidhi formed a commission in 1989 to protect the interests of religious minorities and linguistics and their rights.
The emphasis of commissions is the socio-economic development and minority education.
The DMK government also enforced the Minority Commission of Tamil Nadu, 2010, giving legal force.
The Commission has the power of a civil court.
Alphonse was chosen from the constituency of the Tencasi Council in 1989 and 1991 and from the Constituency of the Kadayanallur Assembly in 2006.
He was a former member of Rajya Sabha and Executive Member of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
He was a close partner of the leader of the Veteran Congress late G K Moopanar.
He sided with the son of Moopanar G K Vasan when the last revived TMC in 2014.
He returned to the parent party in 2016 did not agree with the ties of people’s wedding in the election of welfare.
Peter Alphonse Cong is a minority panel head
