Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has accused the Central government of treating Tamil Nadu with step motherly attitude in the dispute regarding Cauvery river water sharing.
Seven years after the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the Centre has done very little in constituting the Cauvery Management Board or Cauvery River Water Regulatory Authority. This was a set back for the State, PMK president G.K. Mani told journalists here on Sunday.
The State government should initiate efforts to secure for its rightful share of Cauvery water from Karnataka. On the Mekedatu issue, the Chief Minister should lead an all-party delegation to meet the Prime Minister to protect the State's interest, he demanded.
Mr. Mani said the controversy over celebrating the International Yoga Day was unnecessary as yoga was good for all.
The issue was raised by the party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in the past for making it compulsory in colleges.
Regarding the 2016 Assembly elections, he said the PMK was organising a series of conferences. It would hold the Kongu region conference on July 12 to enthuse cadre and people from six western districts.
It had already conducted two such conferences - one in Salem, and another in Gangaikonda Cholpuram. It would hold conferences in Vellore on July 26, in Madurai on August 9, in Villupuram on August 23 and in Tirunelveli in September.
The PMK and its chief ministerial candidate Anbumani Ramadoss were getting widespread acceptance from all sections of the society as the two had been championing people-oriented causes like prohibition, he claimed.
