DYFI activists held

The police rounded up 30 members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) for trying to burn Prime Minister Narendra Modi in effigy.

The Union Water Resources Secretary had submitted a draft Cauvery water management scheme in the Supreme Court. The DYFI members alleged that there was no mention of the CMB in the draft.

The Centre has been continuously betraying the interest of the people and farmers of Tamil Nadu.

The DYFI activists, led by N. Praveenkumar, its district secretary, gathered in front of the head post office here on Monday and raised slogans against the Centre, the State Government, and the Prime Minister.

They all of a sudden set fire to the effigy. The police arrested 30 of them for organising the agitation without police permission. Due to the agitation, the movement of traffic was affected for sometime near the old bus stand.

The police arrested 36 activists of the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) when they attempted to lay siege to the Collectorate demanding the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board, and closure of Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi.

Ramesh, district secretary of the AIYF, led the agitation.

Mr. Ramesh told reporters here that the Centre and the State Government have betrayed the interests of farmers by not constituting the CMB. He demanded the closure of the Sterlite plant and also drop the methane, hydro-carbon projects which will convert the State into a desert. They wanted the government to check illicit sand mining.

He said that the AIYF will launch a serious of agitations soon.