Cauvery issue: AIADMK to hold hunger strike in TN on April 2

In a bid to mount pressure on the Centre to set up the Cauvery Management Board, the ruling AIADMK, which is facing heat on the matter from arch rival DMK, today announced that it would hold hunger strike across Tamil Nadu on April 2.

AIADMK Coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam made the announcement while attending a mass wedding function organised by the party here along with party co-coordinator and Chief Minister K Palaniswami.

Reacting to the ruling party's decision to hold a hunger strike over the Cauvery issue, DMK Working President M K Stalin said the AIADMK government has been "enacting drama" on the matter.

Pointing out that the six-week deadline given by the Supreme Court to set up the Cauvery Management Board ended yesterday, Panneerselvam said, "The people of Tamil Nadu and the farmers are expecting an answer from the Centre on the Cauvery issue."