The construction of a dam at Mekedatu in Karnataka was ‘not acceptable’ and a situation that may lead to the building of the reservoir across Cauvery would not arise, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan said Saturday.

Talking to reporters at the airport here, he said, “no one will accept the construction of the reservoir at Mekedatu.. Such a situation will not not arise.”

Recently, the Central Water Commission had allowed Karnataka to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the construction of a balancing reservoir cum drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery, which has been opposed by both the ruling AIADMK and DMK.

To a query on the reported remarks on Hindu Gods by Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman, he said he does not have any locus standi to comment on spirituality.

“let him talk politics, society.. if has no belief in spirituality, let him keep quiet,” he said.

Criticising the mode of agitation adopted by some farmers from Tamil Nadu in New Delhi, the Union Minister of State for Finance said they had degraded the status of other farmers.

Some farmers from Tamil Nadu had reportedly bared themselves during the protest Friday pressing for their demands, including debt relief.

On the reported observation made by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on the increasing ‘unemployment’ in the country, he said, “only Congressmen are jobless.

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Angry Virendra Sehwag took to his twitter handle to expose a big lie being spread in his name.

As the assembly elections draw near, new gimmicks and tricks are witnessed where the candidates don’t want to leave anything to chance. And in this process, they don’t shy away from doing anything, right or wrong at times. One such incident has come to light in Rajasthan which will be going to polls next week.To make the campaign forceful for Rashtriya Loktantric Party’s Mansukh Gurjar from Hurda, posters were put which suggested that a rally will be organised which will be attended and addressed by the famous cricketer Virendra Sehwag.

A youth from Assam has claimed that he left his job as a senior software engineer in an IT firm in Bengaluru to join Ulfa (Independent), a militant group, as ‘identity of the state’s indigenous people are under serious threat.’

The youth, who identified himself as Abhijit Gogoi, hailing from Moran in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district, shared a video on Facebook on Friday, in which he claimed that he had joined an IT firm in Chennai soon after his post graduation in scienceand IT in 2012. He also completed MBA from Bangalore Business School and Management and travelled to Singapore, Australia and Malaysia for work before joining the Bengaluru-based IT firm. He says he worked as a senior software engineer in the company in the company but does not spell out when did he join the company.

The boy is seen standing in army camouflage with an AK 47 rifle on his right shoulder and a walkie-talkie hanging from his uniform, close to his shoulder.
The 3.59 minutes video, shot inside a jungle was shared in a Facebook profile which goes by the name – Chow Abhijeet Gogoi (Abhi). The video has since been deleted.

“I left everything to join the revolution, the revolutionary fight. I had to join the fight for the sake of the Axomiya jaati (Assamese community) and its identity. What is happening in Assam today is unfortunate. Whom do we trust? There are many many unarmed organisations in Assam, who just acts like factories to produce future political leaders. But indigenous people are fast losing identity,” Gogoi says in the video.

“We are witnessing what is happening in Tripura. Even in America, the indigenous people are facing threat,” he said.
Police officials said the youth could be talking about the protests in Assam against NDA’s Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. The indigenous people fear that it would reduce them into minorities as it seeks to offer citizenship to non-muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, facing ‘religious persecution.’ They say a large number of Hindu migrants, who settled in Assam after March 24,1971 will get citizenship once the bill is passed. They says foreigner issue should be solved through NRC with the cut-off date of March 24, 1971, which was agreed in Assam Accord of 1985.

Police said like Gogoi, a few youths recently joined the militant group as the BJP-led government refused to listen to the public protests in Assam against the bill.

Ulfa (Independent), led by rebel leader Paresh Baruah, having its hideouts along Myanmar-China borders, has also stepped up fresh induction and attracting local youths, taking advantage of the growing anger against the government for its stand on the bill.