Tagore Condemns Karnataka CM’s Speech on Mekedatu
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee’s stand is that a dam should not be constructed at Mekedatu. We will oppose it, said Manickam Tagore
Thanjavur: State Congress president Manickam Tagore has condemned the speech of Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at a function at Mysuru that a dam will be constructed across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, in Karnataka.
He told mediapersons here on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at the function, should have objected to Shivakumar’s speech immediately.
“Only the Prime Minister can stop construction of the dam at Mekedatu. The Prime Minister should not betray Tamil Nadu on this issue by keeping silent. The Karnataka Chief Minister’s stand on Mekedatu will vitiate the relations between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,” said Manickam Tagore.
He alleged that Karnataka leaders like Deve Gowda, Yediyurappa, Kumarasamy and Shivakumar were united in their stand that water should not be given to Tamil Nadu. But such unity was not there in Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery issue, he alleged.
This is the time when all of us should be united and oppose Mekedatu dam. The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee’s stand is that a dam should not be constructed at Mekedatu. We will oppose it, said Manickam Tagore.
The dam cannot be constructed at Mekedatu without Tamil Nadu’s permission, he asserted.
He claimed that the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu was good. “Compared to murders and thefts in Tamil Nadu during the DMK regime, crimes have come down in TVK rule,” he said.
The TVK government was providing an honest rule. Corruption has come down in this regime, he said.
Manickam Tagore was in Thanjavur to participate in the zonal Congress coordinators meet.
Peter Alphonse, senior leader of the Congress, was present on the occasion.