Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed “politically motivated” the Tamil Nadu government’s objection to the proposed Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery in Karnataka. He said the State government would face the issue “legally”. The State has been releasing water to Tamil Nadu as per the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal. But Tamil Nadu has been exploiting the issue since the beginning for political gains, Mr. Siddaramaiah said here.
Replying to a farmers bandh call in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, he said, “We are building the Mekedatu dam within our State; they (TN) will not have any problem from it, they are (TN) opposing it for the sake of politics, and we know how to face this legally.”
Tamil Nadu has been exploiting the issue since the beginning for political gains, says Siddaramaiah
