AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday charged Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi with surrendering the rights of Tamils under pressure from the Centre on the Hogenakkal drinking water project.
Reacting to the Chief Minister’s decision to “keep patience on Hogenakkal project till an elected government assumes office in Karnataka,” Ms. Jayalalithaa said instead of removing the stumbling blocks to the project he had surrendered the rights of Tamils.
Ms. Jayalalithaa argued that Tamil Nadu was under no compulsion to get a clearance from Karnataka for the project since Hogenakkal was part of the State.
“We are going to use the Cauvery water that flows into Tamil Nadu. When Karnataka government is implementing the Bangalore drinking water scheme, what can prevent Tamil Nadu from going ahead with the Hogenakkal project? There is no need to withdraw it. Karnataka has no rights to intervene in the project,” she said.
Accusing Mr. Karunanidhi of dropping the project after adopting a resolution in the Assembly in support of it, Ms. Jayalalithaa said it was against the established norms of the House to drop it without informing the House.
Saying there could be no link between the Karnantaka Assembly elections and the Hogenakkal project, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the Chief Minister’s argument that the elected government would render justice to Tamil Nadu was not acceptable.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said whether it was the dispute over the Cauvery waters, Mullaperiyar dam or the Palar row, discussions held by the DMK government with neighbouring States were nothing but “empty talks.”
MDMK Gen sec Vaiko ,T Rajender,Vijayakanth has also found fault with Karunanidhi for announcing decision to put hold the project when Assembly in force.
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