TN Congress should clarify Rahul”s comments on Cauvery authority: CM Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday said the Congress should clarify Rahul Gandhi”s statement that when his party comes to power it would abolish the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
During the discussion on the special calling attention motion on water crisis in the state Palaniswami wondered about the silence of Congress and DMK on Gandhi”s statement that “when Congress comes to power at the Centre a dam will be built across Cauvery river at Mekadatu and the CWMA will be abolished”.
Palaniswami said Gandhi has said this at a public rally in Karnataka during his Lok Sabha election campaign.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said the CWMA was set up after lengthy legal battle waged by the state government but Gandhi had said it will be abolished.
