Backed by various Opposition parties, thousands of Delta farmers in Tamil Nadu will stage a 48-hour rail roko agitation across the state on Monday and Tuesday over the Cauvery issue.
While the principal opposition party DMK has already announced its support for the delta farmers' stir, the Congress and the People's Welfare Front comprising Vijayakanth-led DMDK, Vaiko's MDMK and the Left parties on Sunday declared that it would also back the strike.
The two-day strike has been called by various farmers' organisations to condemn the Centre's stance in the Supreme Court against setting up of the Cauvery Management Board and to urge the state government to convene an all-party meeting and a special session of the Assembly for adopting a resolution against the NDA-led Union government over the Cauvery issue.
Accordingly, the Opposition parties have instructed their respective district secretaries and cadres to participate in the two-day stir. The ruling AIADMK has made it clear that there is no need to convene an all-party meeting and special session of the Assembly, as the state government is expecting a favourable verdict from the Supreme Court that will hear the Cauvery case on October 18.
The delta farmers have also demanded the state government arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the representatives of farmers to explain to him the loss of Kuruvai crop in the last five years and also the possibility of Samba crops wilting this season as Karnataka had not released enough Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
The high-level technical team constituted by the Centre that assessed the ground realities in the Cauvery basin areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will submit its report to the Supreme Court on Monday. The delta farmers have announced that if the report and the subsequent apex court order is not favourable to Tamil Nadu, they will decide the future course of action on October 19.
Backed by various Opposition parties, thousands of Delta farmers in Tamil Nadu will stage a 48-hour rail roko agitation across the state on Monday and Tuesday over the Cauvery issue.
While the principal opposition party DMK has already announced its support for the delta farmers’ stir, the Congress and the People’s Welfare Front comprising Vijayakanth-led DMDK, Vaiko’s MDMK and the Left parties on Sunday declared that it would also back the strike.
The two-day strike has been called by various farmers’ organisations to condemn the Centre’s stance in the Supreme Court against setting up of the Cauvery Management Board and to urge the state government to convene an all-party meeting and a special session of the Assembly for adopting a resolution against the NDA-led Union government over the Cauvery issue.
Accordingly, the Opposition parties have instructed their respective district secretaries and cadres to participate in the two-day stir. The ruling AIADMK has made it clear that there is no need to convene an all-party meeting and special session of the Assembly, as the state government is expecting a favourable verdict from the Supreme Court that will hear the Cauvery case on October 18.
The delta farmers have also demanded the state government arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the representatives of farmers to explain to him the loss of Kuruvai crop in the last five years and also the possibility of Samba crops wilting this season as Karnataka had not released enough Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
The high-level technical team constituted by the Centre that assessed the ground realities in the Cauvery basin areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka will submit its report to the Supreme Court on Monday. The delta farmers have announced that if the report and the subsequent apex court order is not favourable to Tamil Nadu, they will decide the future course of action on October 19.