TIRUCHI: The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee has begun a fast protesting the Centre's "reluctanct" to form a Cauvery management board. Led by its president S Thirunavukkarasar, the party slammed the Union government's U-turn on the formation of the board.
Thirunavukkarasar said the Congress always fought for the State's rights and that it will not go on the backfoot to raise the issues concerning Tamil Nadu. Stating that despite not being the ruling party for the past 50 years in Tamil Nadu, the party and cadre base remained intact, due to the sacrifices made by Kamaraj and Sathyamoorthy. Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "NRI Prime Minister", he said Modi had "insulted" the people of Tamil Nadu by not giving an appointment to AIADMK MPs.
He added that the PM had failed to honour many of his electoral promises, and that the support to the BJP was shrinking day by day. Former Union Minister P Chidambaram and former TNCC (I) chief Krishnaswamy also participated in the fast.
