No talks on Cauvery, SC verdict final, says Tamil Nadu government
Chennai (PTI): The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday ruled out any talks over the Cauvery issue and said the Supreme Court's verdict on the issue holds good and is the decisive factor.
Ruling out any scope for parleys as sought by neighouring Karnataka, state Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan indicated that Tamil Nadu will not compromise on its due share of Cauvery water.
"There's no scope for talks on the Cauvery issue, as parleys over the years did not yield any results," Duraimurugan told reporters when asked for his reaction to the Karnataka government's plea for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to resolve this matter by convening a meeting of four states: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
"Hence, the government had to approach the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Now, the Supreme Court's verdict on the subject is final and should hold good," Duraimurugan asserted.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) which directed the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
