Chennai: Tamilnadu farmer organisations have lodged strong protests against the Congress conducting a padayatra against the State and Central governments for the construction of a dam across Cauvery river at Mekedatu in Karnataka.
Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasaigal Sangam General Secretary P R Pandian has come down heavily on the Tamilnadu Congress leadership on its silence regarding the matter. He also urged Chief Minister M K Stalin to issue strong statement against the Congress’ Karnataka unit.
The Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam on Tuesday launched a rally from Tiruvarur to Mekedatu with a clarion call to political parties of the State to oppose tooth and nail the Karnataka move to build a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu.
Pandian, demanded justice for the State, its farmers and people on the Mekedatu issue. After police disallowed the rally to proceed further on the highway towards Bengaluru, about one km ahead of the Tamilmadu-Karnataka border, Pandian told reporters that the padayatra by Congress went against the Supreme Court judgment on the inter-State river water issue. It was against the law and Tamilnadu, he said.