BJP to stage protest over Mullaperiyar dam issue
The Hindu
T.N. entered into secret deal with Kerala: Annamalai
The BJP on Friday accused the State government of entering into a “secret deal” with the Kerala government on the Mullaperiyar dam issue and called for a protest on Monday to condemn the recent opening of the dam’s shutters when the water level was just 136 feet. Party cadre will hold a demonstration and lay siege to the Theni Collector’s Office, its State president K. Annamalai said in Srirangam.
He said the State government had given permission orally for the opening of the shutters, and demanded that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin come clean on the “secret deal” with the Kerala government. Only Tamil Nadu has the authority to open the shutters of the dam. But the Kerala Revenue and Water Resources Ministers opened its shutters, he said.
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