ERADICATION OF UNTOUCHABILITY But

days to work with their parents in the villages. The homes are homes as well as
trade schools and the parents are masters as well to whom the children (can be)
apprenticed."47 Many people viewed Rajaji's scheme as a Brahmin's del~icc to
condemn children of lower castes to their father's occupation wanting to
discriminate their skills of the countryside and to preserve the caste system.
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Rajaji's thinking was far ahead of his times. His concept of prilnary
education paved the way for respecting all profession, which he thought. would
end caste distinctions. He said that the reform would bring the castc togcthcr,
not to separate them. It was expected that every uppcr class boy would go to
the cobbler's workshop and mix with them.
But whatever may be the interpretation or explanation given to his neM
educational system the Dravida Kazhagam (atartcd by I'eriyar
E.V.Ramaswamy) and the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam of C.N.Annadurai
vehemently opposed this on the ground that it would breed casteism.
The Dravidan parties started an agitation against this new scheme of
education and it resulted in the resignation of Rajaji as Chief Minister.