DMK didn't object to Karnataka dam project: BJP

Chennai: In April 2015, it was DMDK founder Vijayakanth, who as leader of the Opposition then, stole the thunder, when he led a delegation comprising representatives from all political parties barring the ruling AIADMK, and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed issues including interstate water disputes.

Now, apparently sensing that the Cauvery issue may isolate the party, the BJP has increased its decibel in its tirade on the DMK accusing it of “silently watching over the developments” in neighbouring Karnataka, when it ruled Tamil Nadu and eventually its “inaction” has affected TN's prospects in obtaining the Cauvery water.

Probably, left alone to fend for itself, the saffron party is attempting to “expose” the DMK on the issue and accordingly has taken up a campaign against the major opposition party. Aiming to counter the allegations levelled against it by several political parties, over the Cauvery issue, the state unit of the BJP claimed that the then DMK government had not objected to Karnataka's move to construct dams across Kabini, Hemavathi and Harangi.

Even a resolution adopted at the recent state executive meeting of the BJP in Tiruppur blamed the DMK and the Congress for Tamil Nadu not getting its due share from the Cauvery water. Contending that the Centre was doing everything within its means to provide justice to Tamil Nadu, a BJP senior said, “though at present the government is unable to form the CMB, it is determined to resolve the water dispute without affecting Tamil Nadu's interest.”