Chennai, Apr 14 (Reporter) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Monday vowed to remove communal hatred and uphold human compasion and the journey towards an egalitarian society continued. Speaking at the birth anniversary event of Dr B R Ambedkar, being celebrated as Equality Day, he said "we have shattered the barriers that prevented entry to schools, streets, and temples under the name of caste through our policies, struggles, and continuous awareness efforts." "We have brought education, employment, governance, power, and administration into the hands of the oppressed. Democracy has taken root across all domains — that is the transformation achieved by the Dravidian movement", he said, after distributing various welfare programmes and launching new facilities for the Adi Dravidar and Tribal people and students on the occasion. "Our aim is to instill the belief that we are all Tamils — one people. The journey towards an egalitarian society continues", he added. "Let us remain inspired by the guiding light of leaders such as Jyotiba Phule, Ambedkar, Periyar, Anna, and Kalaignar", he said. "Let us dissolve communal hatred and uphold human compassion on this birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar",he asserted. Mr Stalin said today marked a historically significant day--the birth anniversary of a revolutionary who challenged caste discrimination, untouchability, and social injustice and rewrote history with his activism. "That is why under our Dravidian model governance, we have declared the birth anniversary of Social Reformer Thanthai Periyar as Social Justice Day, and today, the birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, as the Day of Equality", he said. "We began this day by taking an oath of equality at the Ambedkar Memorial and arrived here with the resolve that our society must move swiftly towards equality and that the idea of social change must take root in the hearts of all", he stressed. Listing out the implementation of various integrated welfare schemes for the advancement of Adi Dravidar and Tribal communities by his government, which accords high importance for social justice, Mr Stalin said "on this Equality Day, I affirm with conviction that the Dravidian model government will always stand by the bright future of Adi Dravidar and Tribal communities"...////...