Karunanidhi wants all party meeting on Cauvery water issue

Says it is very very necessary that Jayalalithaa calls for an all-party meeting over setting up the Cauvery Management Board

Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Jun 08 2014 | 11:02 PM IST
A day after Union Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar said there was no proposal to set up the Cauvery Management Board, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today urged the Tamil Nadu government to call an all-party meeting over the issue.

“It is very very necessary that Jayalalithaa calls for an all-party meeting over setting up the Cauvery Management Board, at a time when the future of kuruvai (short-term) crops has a question mark,” Karunanidhi said in a statement.

He also referred to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s statement that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 10 along with a delegation drawn from all parties in the state.

Jayalalithaa had strongly pitched for the Cauvery Management Board during her meeting with Modi last week, but Siddaramaiah has opposed it.
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First Published: Jun 08 2014 | 8:37 PM IST

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