TN farmers take out anti-Mekedatu rally, slam Congress

TN farmers take out anti-Mekedatu rally, slam Karnataka Cong for padayatra Farmers belonging to a Tamil Nadu ryots association took out an anti-Mekedatu rally here on Wednesday, hitting out at the Karnataka Congress for its padayatra campaign seeking the dam project implementation, and they were prevented by the police on the inter-State border from proceeding further.

The TN Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam (TNCVS), which led the march, slammed both the Congress and the BJP over the Mekedatu issue and demanded that Chief Minster M K Stalin and AIADMK leader K Palaniswami “break their silence” on the issue.

Christened ‘Mekedatu Besiege Protest,’ the rally, led by TNCVS general secretary PR Pandian , demanded justice for the State, its farmers and people on the Mekedatu issue. After police disallowed the rally Pandian told reporters that the padayatra went against the Supreme Court judgment.