E. V. Ramasamy Naicker is not a Kannadiga but he belongs to a Telugu-speaking Naidu family of Erode Town in Tamilnadu. Karunanidhi belongs to the Pillai community which is a Tamil caste from the erstwhile Tanjore district ; so does Mr. Annadurai who belongs to the Tamil-speaking Mudaliar Community of Kanchipuram.
