Chennai: Former Chief Minister and AIADMK Joint Coordinator Edapaddi Ok Palaniswami on Monday stated that the occasion delegation urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi the central authorities mustn’t give permission to Karnataka to construct the dam throughout Cauvery at Mekedatu. He additionally stated that the delegation requested Modi to hold out the Godavari-Cauvery linking undertaking on the earliest as Tamil Nadu is a water-scarce state.
The delegation of AIADMK led by Coordinator O. Panneerselvam and Joint Coordinator Ok. Palaniswami and Opposition leaders of Tamil Nadu on Monday met Modi. Speaking to reporters after the assembly Palaniswami stated the occasion thanked Modi for campaigning within the lately concluded meeting polls. He additionally stated that Modi was requested to not give permission to Karnataka to construct the Mekedatu dam throughout the Cauvery river as it could make the Delta area in Tamil Nadu a desert.
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Pointing out the assaults on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, the delegation requested PM Modi to take motion to cease the assaults. Palaniswami welcomed Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan’s assertion that the federal government has no plans to permit the sale of lottery tickets. Palaniswami additional stated he had issued an announcement opposing the lifting of the ban on the sale of lottery tickets based mostly on the knowledge he had acquired.
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