Voters in the delta region should reject both the AIADMK and the BJP for “betraying” the interests of Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery issue, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said here on Saturday.
Addressing an election rally at Koradacherry near Tiruvarur on Saturday, where he solicited votes in favour of the DMK candidate, S.Murasoli, for the Thanjavur Lok Sabha Constituency, and the Communist Party of India’s nominee, V.Selvaraj, for the Nagapattinam constituency, Mr. Stalin traced the contributions of the DMK and the former Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi in upholding the rights of Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery issue, right from demanding the constitution of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in 1969 till getting the final award of the Tribunal.
The AIADMK and the BJP, on the other hand, had only compromised the State’s interests on the issue. Even when the Supreme Court upheld the final award of the Tribunal, the AIADMK’s compromising stand resulted in Tamil Nadu losing about 14.75 tmc of its share of Cauvery water, he charged.
