DMK Deputy leader in the Assembly Duraimurugan on Monday said his party MLAs were ready to resign if Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, his cabinet colleagues and MLAs resigned their post to exert pressure on the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board.
In a statement here, he said instead of blaming the DMK on the Cauvery water dispute, the government should bring pressure on the Centre. “If it is not able to get the board constituted, the Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues and MLAs should resign. The DMK MLAs are ready to follow the direction of our working president and resign our posts,” he said.
Reacting to Mr. Palaniswami’s accusation that the DMK had not done anything to resolve the crisis even though it was part of the Congress government at the Centre, Mr. Duraimurugan said the CM should first go through the court orders and documents related to the issue. He said the AIADMK government always wanted to keep the BJP in good spirits as it had allowed continuation of a minority government.
