1 hour ago
1
The Congress would basal by the determination taken by the Tamil Nadu authorities successful the Mekedatu dam row, said elder person and erstwhile Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram present connected Thursday.
Speaking to media persons, helium said that successful the past, the Congress enactment present had stood by the decisions taken by the past governments connected the Cauvery stream h2o disputes. Be it the DMK oregon the AIADMK, whoever was successful powerfulness successful the past. Thus, successful the contiguous discourse too, the Congress would spell by the State government’s decision.
The Karnataka authorities had expressed its volition to physique the dam crossed Mekedatu. This has irked the farmers’ associations and governmental parties successful Tamil Nadu had opposed it vehemently.
He said that helium visited Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay astatine the Secretariat and greeted him connected his victory. “No assemblage had guessed that the TVK would canvass specified a immense percent of votes successful the precocious concluded election. The results showed they had secured 35 %, which was remarkable. People successful the municipality constituencies and successful urbanised segments had voted for the TVK successful a large way, the results showed”, helium said and explained the reasons for Congress supporting the TVK. “If we had not stood by the TVK, the concern seemed to springiness country for the BJP to participate the State by imposing an emergency, which means the Governor would beryllium astatine the helm of affairs. In the larger involvement of preventing the Central rule, the Congress backed Mr. Vijay’s party,” helium said.
Asked astir the ‘achievement’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for serving arsenic the longest PM, Mr Chidambaram said that helium had successful a station greeted Mr Modi for the achievement. However, helium expressed astonishment implicit the soundlessness of the media for not clarifying astir the longer tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru, who served arsenic the Prime Minister for implicit 16 years without a break.
On the caller government’s performance, the Congress person said that it was excessively premature to assess. “We should springiness three/six oregon adjacent much months to remark astir the functioning of the government,” helium said and added that a bulk of the MLAs from the TVK were archetypal timers and they should recognize the nationalist medication and the issues of the communal man.
As agelong arsenic the TVK was ideologically opposed to the BJP’s policies, determination was thing incorrect successful supporting the party, helium said and clarified that the TVK had promised to beryllium secular and support the State’s rights. Thus, the Congress was comfy and would beryllium with the TVK arsenic agelong arsenic determination was nary deviation, helium added
He expressed his condolences to the household of manager Bharathirajaa, who passed distant successful Chennai connected Wednesday.
