Mekedatu Dam Row: With rare unity, Tamil Nadu MPs meet Modi Saturday March 28,2015

The all-party delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu briefing Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the construction of a dam across Cauvery river by Karnataka, in New Delhi on Saturday March 28,2015

  

In a rare display of political unity, parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu, cutting across party lines, including arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday March 28,2015 on the Mekedatu dam row.

An all-party delegation of 55 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, led by Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, explained to the Prime Minister the long struggle in securing the rights of the State on the Cauvery river dispute and handed over a copy of the resolution unanimously passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday March 27,2015

They urged Mr. Modi to immediately set up the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulatory Authority and take necessary steps to stop Karnataka from constructing dams at Mekedatu. 

MP's not part of the delegation

 The lone BJP MP and Union Minister, Pon. Radhakrishnan, who was in Chennai, was not part of the delegation. D. Raja (CPI), who is attending his party conclave in Puducherry and E.M. Sudarsana Nachiappan (Congress), who is abroad, also did not join the group.