Mar 20, 2010: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday said that Tamil Nadu would never give up its rights over the Mullaperiyar dam.

Speaking to reporters after presiding over the DMK MLAs' meeting held at Anbagam in Chennai, he said, “Farmers are not facing any crisis immediately. That does not mean that we remain unperturbed. Our
concern is that we should not create any adverse situation for the farmers by giving up our rights over the dam.”

The DMK president said he had decided to campaign for the Pennagaram byelection and added: “I have visited Pennagaram many times to propagate the ideas of the DMK. Now I don't want to disappoint the
people of the constituency.”

To a question on the AIADMK MLAs coming to the Assembly in black shirts, he said they could have foreseen that their leader Jayalalithaa's application in the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on the proceedings in the special court in Bangalore would be dismissed.

He also took a dig at the PMK's allegation that the budget was disappointing. “The PMK has a lot of disappointments and I could not help it,” said the Chief Minister.

Chennai Wire News Team