The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and other Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu are observing a state-wide bandh today. The Opposition parties have called the bandh to protest against Centre’s failure in setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).
On February 16, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had directed the Centre to form the CMB within six weeks in a verdict that marginally increased Karnataka’s share of Cauvery water, thus reducing allocation for Tamil Nadu and settling the protracted water dispute between the two southern states.
DMK working president MK Stalin will be attending the bandh at Anna Salai in Chennai.
Tamil Nadu state buses are not operating in neighbouring Karnataka and were stopped at the border.
The DMK has called for a meeting of Opposition parties on the Cauvery issue today evening. The AIADMK has not been extended an invite yet.
Yesterday, the AIADMK members staged a hunger strike to demand the formation of the Cauvery Management Board.
The DMK and other Opposition parties had been protesting on the issue from April 2 in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu.
