DMK welcomes TN move on Cauvery

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsDMK patriarch M Karunanidhi on Sunday welcomed the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to move the Supreme Court demanding that the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal be convened immediately.The octogenarian leader noted that the Centre was yet to take any action on the matter even though Jayalalithaa had written to the Prime Minister with her demand on May 18.He also demanded that the Centre act on Jayalalithaa’s letter to Manmohan Singh.“I welcome the State government’s decision to move the Supreme Court. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had written to the Prime Minister raising this request on May 18. The Centre is yet to take any steps in this direction,” said Karunanidhi. He also flayed the Karnataka government for failing to honour its riparian commitments.“Blaming a poor monsoon, Karnataka has not released water for Tamil Nadu in these times of drought. It has persistently refused to honour the orders passed by the Supreme Court and the CWDT,” he said. Karunanidhi, however, reserved some criticism for the AIADMK leader. “Jayalalithaa had criticised the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as toothless when it was set up in 2002... It is the same tribunal that she is saying should be convened,” Karunanidhi said.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi on Sunday welcomed the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to move the Supreme Court demanding that the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal be convened immediately.

The octogenarian leader noted that the Centre was yet to take any action on the matter even though Jayalalithaa had written to the Prime Minister with her demand on May 18.

He also demanded that the Centre act on Jayalalithaa’s letter to Manmohan Singh.

“I welcome the State government’s decision to move the Supreme Court. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had written to the Prime Minister raising this request on May 18. The Centre is yet to take any steps in this direction,” said Karunanidhi.

He also flayed the Karnataka government for failing to honour its riparian commitments.

“Blaming a poor monsoon, Karnataka has not released water for Tamil Nadu in these times of drought. It has persistently refused to honour the orders passed by the Supreme Court and the CWDT,” he said. Karunanidhi, however, reserved some criticism for the AIADMK leader.

“Jayalalithaa had criticised the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as toothless when it was set up in 2002... It is the same tribunal that she is saying should be convened,” Karunanidhi said.