encouraged under any circumstance said c vijayan organising secretary coimbatore region dravidar viduthalai kazhagam the peravais call for maintaining caste purity reflects the resurgence of social conservatives across the country who are increasingly turning vocal for socially exclusivist practices despite the decadeslong battle against caste discrimination though tamil nadu is not immune to caste violence or even honour killings for marrying outside the caste rarely has any social outfit openly advocated protecting caste identity these outfits are insecure and try to show their strength through sheer numbers by using various tactics most of them have political ambitions and this is a ploy to strengthen their position later on especially during elections said vaasanthi renowned tamil author who has written a history of electoral politics in tamil nadu