Stop blaming Centre on CMB: Tamilisai

Speaking to reporters on Saturday here, she said that the Centre has proposed a nine-member panel for discussing the process of the Cauvery Management Board formation. “It itself is a positive sign,” she said.  Among the nine, five are permanent members and four are the representatives of concerned state involved in the issue. “The rights of Tamil Nadu would definitely be secured,” she added. 

Since there is time, the Prime Minister has been discussing various possibilities. “But the opposition parties have been politicising the issue and propagating that the BJP-led Centre is anti-Tamil Nadu and anti-farmer. They should stop such false accusations,” Tamilisai noted. “BJP has been approaching the issue in a proper manner,” she stressed. 

Meanwhile, she asked both Congress state president Su Thirunavukkarasar and DMK working president MK Stalin to speak to the Karnataka government as Congress is ruling the state and get water for Tamil Nadu using their clout. 

While replying to a question on holding the fund meant for local bodies, she blamed the state government for not conducting the local body polls. “The BJP is well equipped to face the local body polls and we will get remarkable victory in the civic elections and will be able to deliver good local governance,” she added. 

Wishing well for Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on the completion of a year in office, she urged him to rectify the flaws in governance. She also asked him to fill the vacancies in the police department to reduce work pressure and prevent deaths of policemen.  

Meanwhile in Pudukkottai, tension prevailed after miscreants damaged the digital banner of the BJP installed to welcome the state president Tamilisai. 

It is said, an interaction programme of the BJP office-bearers was planned at Pudukkottai which was scheduled to be presided over by Tamilisai. More than 10 digital banners were installed across the town. On Saturday, some of the banners near the new bus stand were found damaged. Furious BJP cadre gathered at the spot and staged a protest there. They raised slogans against the miscreants and demanded the police to arrest the culprits. 

On information, Pudukkottai town police rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry. They held talks with the agitating BJP members and assured them of action. Later, the BJP cadre dispersed from the spot.