With the opposition AIADMK and PMK pouncing on the DMK government following the Supreme Court rejecting as premature Tamil Nadu’s plea to restrain the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) authority from deliberating on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by Karnataka, the Minister has come out with a detailed rebuttal.
In a minor cabinet reshuffle, the Chief Minister reallocated the portfolios of Duraimurugan and Law and Prisons Minister S Regupathy.
Even as the friendly spat between superstar Rajinikanth and DMK veteran and Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister Duraimurugan over old guards refusing to step aside appeared to have come to an end with a truce, the debate on elders in the party paving way for the youth has received a renewed thrust ahead of Chief Minister MK Stalin’s fortnight-long US visit.
In his campaign speeches, he had made the alleged controversial remarks on the state government and Karunanidhi. He is being brought to Trichy for further questioning, police said.
