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Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore said that helium has boycotted the swearing-in ceremonial of Karnataka’s caller Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar lone due to the fact that of his connection connected Mekedatu dam issue.
“Tamil Nadu Congress Committee volition not judge immoderate contented that affects the rights of Tamil Nadu. Otherwise, I would person attended the ceremony,” helium told reporters present connected Wednesday.
Politicians successful Karnataka were making authorities retired of Mekedatu dam contented arsenic their governmental livelihood was babelike connected Cauvery stream h2o issue, the Virudhunagar MP said. Politicians from Karnataka were keeping live Mekedatu dam contented to divert attraction of the radical of Karnataka from pressing State issues, including drinking h2o situation successful Bengaluru.
“It is immaterial who the Chief Minister of Karnataka is - beryllium it B.S. Yediyurappa oregon the contiguous Chief Minister Mr. Shivakumar. Whenever they cannot lick those burning issues, they instantly speech astir constructing Mekedatu dam,” the MP said.
For the Congress successful Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery stream h2o contented was the close of Tamil Nadu and the enactment would ne'er springiness it up. “We are acceptable to wage immoderate terms for it,” helium said. State Ministers belonging to the Congress excessively person made their basal wide against Karnakata’s determination to conception a caller dam crossed the Cauvery river, the MP said.
