AIADMK begins hunger strike over Cauvery Management Board issue
April 03, 2018  08:55
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Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam start hunger hunger strike over the Cauvery Management Board issue.

Pointing out that the six-week deadline given by the Supreme Court to set up the Cauvery Management Board ended yesterday, Panneerselvam said, "The people of Tamil Nadu and the farmers are expecting an answer from the Centre on the Cauvery issue."

"Our stand on the Cauvery issue is that the Central government must implement the Supreme Court order," he said, adding the party would raise its voice all the time to ensure that right to livelihood of the people of Tamil Nadu is not lost.

The deputy chief minister said to get Cauvery water for farmers of Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court order, the AIADMK MPs had raised the issue in Parliament for 17 days consecutively.
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