Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 30 (ANI): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Thursday introduced a large protest in Thanjavur on August 3, alleging that the ruling TVK authorities had failed farmers on points together with farm mortgage waiver, the Mekedatu dam undertaking and the delayed opening of the Mettur Dam.
In a submit shared on X, Stalin stated the protest could be held below the management of Leader of Opposition within the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin, demanding motion to guard Tamil Nadu’s rightful share of Cauvery water and a particular reduction bundle for Delta farmers.
‘Betrayal in Farm Loan Waiver. Disappointment over the farm mortgage waiver. A lackadaisical method to the Mekedatu dam subject. Kuruvai cultivation has been affected as a result of delay in opening the Mettur Dam. Delaying motion by failing to convene an all-party assembly,’ Stalin stated.
‘The inactive TVK authorities has deceived farmers in each doable means and pushed them into misery,’ he added.
‘Demanding agency motion to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s rightful share of Cauvery water and urging the federal government to announce a particular reduction bundle for Delta farmers, a large protest demonstration will probably be held in Thanjavur on 3 August 2026 below the management of the Leader of the Opposition within the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin,’ he stated.
Stalin additional warned the federal government of bigger protests if it continued to disregard the issues of farmers.
‘I warn that if the detached TVK authorities continues to disregard the voice of farmers, it should face even larger-scale protests within the days forward,’ he stated.
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Meanwhile, the Madras High Court had directed the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, the Secretary of the Legislative Assembly, and the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to file their responses inside two weeks in a petition filed by the AIADMK looking for to quash the modification handed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly calling for the structure of a tribunal within the Mekedatu dam subject.
On June 19, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly handed a decision opposing the Karnataka authorities’s proposal to assemble the Mekedatu dam throughout the Cauvery River. The decision was later amended to particularly urge the structure of a tribunal to handle the difficulty.
The AIADMK, PMK and CPI had opposed the modification. AIADMK Whip Agri Krishnamurthy subsequently approached the Madras High Court, alleging that the modification was not a part of the copy of the decision circulated to MLAs on June 18 and was handed with out dialogue.
The petition additional alleged that the modification was not adopted unanimously, however the decision was forwarded to the Union authorities as if it had been handed unanimously.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the respondents to file their responses and adjourned the case.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Mekedatu undertaking, urging the Centre to safeguard the pursuits of decrease riparian states and be certain that any resolution on the undertaking was in line with the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) Award and the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Cauvery water dispute.
In his letter, Vijay referred to a reply by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti within the Rajya Sabha, which acknowledged that the Supreme Court’s February 16, 2018 judgment didn’t expressly stipulate that Karnataka ought to acquire the consent of decrease riparian states earlier than developing a construction throughout the Cauvery River.
Describing the reply as ‘disappointing’, Vijay stated it appeared to have been issued with out contemplating the prevailing authorized place and settled regulation relating to the consent of decrease riparian states.
He additionally cited the Constitution Bench judgment in State of Karnataka vs State of Andhra Pradesh regarding the Alamatti undertaking, arguing that Karnataka couldn’t undertake such building with out the consent of the decrease riparian state.
Vijay additional referred to the CWDT Award and stated that any undertaking able to affecting the regulated circulation of the Cauvery have to be examined for consistency with the Award. (ANI)