There was a time in tamil Nadu when government offices didn’t belong to the people — they belonged to a few surnames. A time when merit was inherited, not earned, and when entire communities were locked out of power not by law, but by design.
1972 was the breaking point.

And the man who lit the fuse was M. Karunanidhi.

What followed wasn’t noise, speeches, or symbolism — it was structural destruction of privilege.

💥 HOW THE SYSTEM WAS RIGGED — AND HOW IT WAS SHATTERED

1️⃣ government Offices Were Elite Strongholds
In the early 1970s, walk into any Public Works Department office and the pattern was obvious: Engineers, accountants, superintendents, head clerks — all drawn from the same narrow social elite. Even seeing a backward-class name at the lowest rung felt like an exception, not the rule.

2️⃣ TNPSC Was a Myth for the Marginalised
For OBC, BC, and sc rural graduates, TNPSC exams weren’t an opportunity — they were an illusion. No guidance. No coaching. No exposure. education alone wasn’t enough when the system itself was stacked against them.

3️⃣ karunanidhi Identified the Real Problem
The issue wasn’t talent.
The issue was access.
Fresh graduates from socially oppressed backgrounds were intelligent, capable — but completely disconnected from how government actually functioned.

4️⃣ 1972: The youth Corps Revolution
Karunanidhi launched the Youth Corps scheme, a move decades ahead of its time. Unemployed graduates from OBC, BC, and sc communities were selected on merit + social justice, given a monthly stipend, and placed inside government offices as honorary assistants.

5️⃣ Experience Became the Equaliser
This wasn’t charity — it was strategy. These young men and women learned files, procedures, rules, governance — the very things elite families had passed down informally for generations.

6️⃣ The Masterstroke Nobody Talks About
Karunanidhi ensured youth Corps members received special weightage and marks in TNPSC exams based on their service and experience. Not shortcuts — fair compensation for decades of exclusion.

7️⃣ The Result: Total System Disruption
Group IV. Group II. Group I.
Across departments, new data-faces arrived — rural, backward, marginalised. The old monopoly cracked. The myth of intellectual superiority collapsed.

8️⃣ That’s When the Unexpected Entered Power
Names that were once mocked became officers.
Voices once silenced began signing files.
Power finally reflected society.

9️⃣ Why Critics Will Never Get It
Today’s half-baked critics see only policies. They don’t know the architect’s mind behind them. Social justice isn’t about slogans — it’s about rewiring systems, and karunanidhi did exactly that.

🖤❤️ THE UNDENIABLE TRUTH

karunanidhi wasn’t just a Chief Minister.
He was a system hacker.
A strategist.
A social engineer.

He didn’t beg for equality.
He designed it.

And that is why history remembers him — even when today’s noise refuses to understand him.

Karunanidhi — the mastermind of social justice. 🖤❤️