M Karunanidhi hits out at Jayalalithaa over Cauvery issue

CHENNAI: DMK chief M Karunanidhi today hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter Jayalalithaa over the Cauvery water issue and ridiculed her for going to Kodanadu in Nilgiris District.

In a statement here, he referred to demands of PMK founder leader Dr S Ramadoss and Tamil Maanila Congress chief G K Vasan that Jayalalithaa should lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seek his intervention in getting the state's share of Cauvery water from Karnataka.

Citing the demand, he sarcastically said "She may have gone to Kodanadu to ponder over this, to inspect a location there for a meeting of leaders of all parties, hence an announcement may come soon."

Jayalalithaa is in Kodanadu in Nilgiris District since October 14. A goverment release has stated that she would stay in hill town for a few weeks and continue her official work from there.

He also claimed that she was praising AIADMK founder and late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran as the Assembly elections (to be held early next year) "draw closer."

Leader of Opposition in the Assembly DMDK leader Vijayakanth had also criticised Jayalalithaa recently for not meeting her Karnataka counterpart to get adequate Cauvery water for the state.

Earlier this month, Tamil Nadu Government filed an urgent plea in the Supreme Court seeking directions to Karnataka to release 45.327 tmc ft of Cauvery water, citing inadequate storage in the Mettur Dam to meet the irrigation demands during October-January.