AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to exert pressure on the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to release 90 tmcft of water from neighbouring Karnataka.
In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami alleged that the DMK and the Congress were involved in activities “behind the screens”, and should drop them and take steps to ensure that Tamil Nadu gets its due share of water.
The AIADMK leader alleged that the DMK which, along with its allies, had 38 MPs in the Lok Sabha, had “neither been proactive nor had taken any steps to get Karnataka to release water to us”, and that it had “not exerted any pressure” in this regard.
