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Tamil Nadu Law Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar connected Friday (May 29, 2026) accused Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of politicising the Mekedatu contented adjacent though the Supreme Court of India had lone directed the Karnataka authorities to taxable the task report.
Speaking to reporters astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai, helium said Karnataka could not behaviour bhoomi pooja for the operation of a dam crossed Mekedatu since the Supreme Court had simply sought the submission of a task report.
“Our Chief Minister [C. Joseph Vijay] volition not let it. They [Karnataka] are unnecessarily creating a law-and-order occupation successful some the States. Mr. Shivakumar is doing this to summation governmental mileage. It is highly condemnable,” helium said aft handing implicit assignment letters to 45 authorities advocates.
Mr. Nirmal Kumar said some Tamil Nadu and Karnataka shared beardown commercialized relations and that bid betwixt the 2 States was essential. “There is simply a argumentation governing inter-State relations, and it intelligibly explains however States should enactment connected bilateral issues. One cannot enactment unilaterally without responsibility,” helium said.
Asked whether the Chief Minister would convene an all-party gathering successful transportation with the issue, helium said the authorities archetypal needed to finalise the ineligible people of enactment to code the matter.
On merchandise of convicts
To a question connected the merchandise of convicts who had already spent galore years successful prison, helium said the authorities would instrumentality steps to merchandise them connected parole. “We person already initiated measures to supply them imperishable relief,” helium said.
Mr. Nirmal Kumar said the authorities was evolving a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to woody with crimes against women and cases filed nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act. “We volition velocity up the cases. It is our predetermination promise. We are studying pending cases and the shortage of tribunal staff. Our nonsubjective is to guarantee contiguous justness to victims, including successful the Coimbatore case,” helium said.
The Minister said specified an SOP was indispensable because, “during the erstwhile regime”, women faced sizeable hardship during inquiries and tribunal proceedings. “We are consulting ineligible experts to germinate the SOP,” helium said.
