Contempt of court by centre, hunger strike by AIADMK on Cauvery issue

Madurai/Chennai, March 30: With anger sweeping Tamil Nadu over the Centre's failure to set up a Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB), the ruling AIADMK announced a hunger strike on April 2 and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswamy hinted the state will move the Supreme Court with a contempt plea against the Centre.

Reports have it that the contempt plea may be filed in the apex court on Saturday.

On the rival front, the DMK demanded that the Chief Minister convene a meeting of his cabinet and pass a resolution condemning the Central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Cauvery issue.

DMK leader M.K. Stalin also said after a meeting of the party Executive Council that the state government should file a contempt of court petition in the Supreme Court against the Modi government for not setting up the CMB within six weeks, which deadline expired on Thursday.