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Annamalai was a mute spectator when Karnataka BJP govt. set aside ₹1,000 crore for Mekedatu dam, says Alagiri

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri on Friday questioned why BJP State president K. Annamalai did not raise his voice against the previous BJP government in Karnataka, which set aside ₹1,000 crore in 2022-23 Budget to prepare the project report for the construction of the Mekedatu dam.

His poser came against Mr. Annamalai’s statement that he would stop the construction of the checkdam across the Cauvery river in Mekedatu after Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, of the Congress, issued a statement that the dam would be built.

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