Cauvery dispute: 48-hour ‘rail roko’ protest in Tamil Nadu; DMK’s Stalin leads agitation
CHENNAI: hennai: The DMK on Monday joined the 48-hour state-wide ‘rail roko’ protest called by a farmer’s federation demanding centre government’s intervention in setting up of the Cauvery Management Board to settle the ongoing water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
DMK party treasurer and leader of Opposition MK Stalin, who led a procession at Perambur was detained and later released by the Chennai police.
Scores of political workers belonging to DMK, the Left parties and MDMK among others staged a ‘rail roko’ at Thanjavur and Cuddalore, and were detained. DMK has asked its functionaries and cadres to participate in the protest.Protests were also seen near or outside several government establishments including railway station in Chennai.
“The quantity of water cleared by the Supreme Court for Tamil Nadu is inadequate. Also, BJP is playing politics on Cauvery water over upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls,” a DMK leader told ‘News18’.
The protestors raised slogans against the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘betraying the interests of Tamil Nadu’.
Furthermore, they condemned the Centre for not taking interest in setting up the Cauvery Management Board immediately on the grounds that the matter falls into the domain of the Parliament.
