00:00But continuing to keep our eyes down south itself,
00:03it's a massive civil war that's erupted inside the Congress
00:06over the sensitive Mekedatu Dam issue.
00:09After Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shiva Kumar
00:11staked full claim on the rights to build the controversial Mekedatu Dam,
00:16Tamil Nadu Congress Chief Manikam Tagore
00:18has publicly rebutted his own party's colleague.
00:20Manikam Tagore has strongly condemned Karnataka Chief Minister's assertion
00:24that no one can stop the construction of the Mekedatu Dam.
00:26Manikam claim that construction of the dam is not only illegal
00:30but will also be severely affecting the lives of the farmers there.
00:34Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
00:36has also flagged D.K. Shiva Kumar's comments
00:38and penned a letter to Chief Minister Vijay.
00:41He has urged Vijay to hold an all-party meeting on the Mekedatu Rao
00:44and ensure that the dam is not built.
00:47The BJP, meanwhile, is siding with the Congress and the DMK
00:50over the Mekedatu Dam issue.
00:51Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Nairana Gendran
00:53has urged Chief Minister Vijay to meet Karnataka Chief Minister
00:56and stop the Mekedatu Dam's construction.
01:00Now, the showdown over the Mekedatu Dam
01:02comes a day after Karnataka Chief Minister
01:04in the presence of Narendra Modi,
01:06Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
01:07had urged the centre to expedite the statutory clearances
01:12for the proposed Mekedatu project.
01:13Take a look at the responses that have come in so far.
01:18Without the Kamaladu governments
01:22and Kamaladu people,
01:25this kind of efforts to divert the politics
01:29of Kaviri is unacceptable.
01:31The people of Kamaladu
01:33want to have a cordial release to Karnataka.
01:35But the Karnataka politicians
01:37are doing politics in Kaviri.
01:39We want Kaviri water
01:41just in on Supreme Court orders.
01:42Our waters are not being the least
01:44as per the Kaviri tribunal order itself.
01:47Supreme Court rules are not being followed.
01:49This is a very serious thing
01:51and we want that
01:53the Kaviri issue
01:55particularly Mekedatu Dam
01:57without the concern of Kamaladu.
02:00At last time I said that with bare respects.
02:03Today you have come here.
02:05You are here to help us.
02:07We know that Karnataka young minds
02:10are looking at your support
02:11to see that the technology grows up
02:14and they grow more stronger.
02:16In these spirits,
02:17I would like to place
02:18three vital important matters.
02:20Sir, you just saw
02:22the dam of Kaviri.
02:25We are the all-over.
02:26The Supreme Court has given,
02:28delivered a clear verdict
02:29to all of us
02:29that Mekedatu has to be built
02:32in Karnataka
02:33and no one can stop it.
02:35We want you to help us legally.
02:37We want you at the union government
02:39to grant a final
02:40on which the forest clearances
02:44has been done.
02:45It is a vital balancing desire.
02:47So I hope that
02:48your administration will help us.
02:51Let us all work together
02:53the river which has been flown
02:55in this river,
02:56the Kaviri,
02:57which helps Tamil Nadu,
02:58Pondicherry, Kerala,
02:59Bangalore and different.
03:00The Kaviri river
03:02is not under the control
03:03of the Karnataka government now.
03:06The Supreme Court
03:07had appointed a tribunal.
03:10They will decide
03:11on all those things.
03:12So the tribunal
03:13is opposed to
03:14construction of Mekedatu.
03:16So we believe
03:17that the tribunal
03:17will not allow
03:19Karnataka government
03:20to construct Mekedatu dam.
03:23Because lower
03:24riparian river states
03:26areas cannot be denied
03:28of water
03:29who internationally
03:30accepted law
03:31and every country
03:33is following it.
03:35Even the Nile
03:36which is following
03:36many states,
03:37which is going
03:38through many states,
03:39all countries
03:40cannot take it.
03:42There are law
03:43like that.
03:44Manikam Tagur
03:45is trying to cover up
03:46the incompetence
03:47of Vijay.
03:48The same
03:50D.K. Shokumar
03:51as a chief minister
03:52while Congress
03:53were in power
03:54sharing or
03:55when they were
03:55supporting ally
03:56with the DMK
03:57has made a statement
03:58that the land
03:59for Mekedatu
04:00is identified
04:01and 9,000 crores
04:02here marked.
04:03Tamil Nadu Congress
04:04were nowhere to be seen
04:05in the picture
04:06condemning D.K. Shokumar.
04:08And the same
04:09D.K. Shokumar
04:10welcomed Vijayi
04:11to visit Karnataka
04:12and he said
04:13he will arrange
04:13a helicopter
04:14for Mr. Vijayi
04:15to have a look
04:15at the Mekedatu.
04:17Where was Congress
04:18condemnation
04:19at that point of time?
04:20Today I request
04:22and advise
04:23Honorable
04:24Chief Minister
04:24of Tamil Nadu
04:25please
04:26go to
04:28Kannada
04:29go and meet
04:30the Kannada
04:30Chief Minister
04:31of Mr. Shokumar
04:32to stop
04:33this issue
04:34because
04:35in Kaveri
04:36Delta
04:36that near
04:37about
04:382 lakh
04:39acres
04:40of paddy
04:41it's
04:42not
04:44plumbing.
04:46So
04:46Chief Minister
04:48of Tamil Nadu
04:49and Congress
04:50Party Leader
04:50Mr. Manika Thagu
04:52go and meet
04:53Shokumar
04:54to stop
04:54the issue.
