Chennai, March 14 (BPNS)

AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O.Panneerselvam has in a statement on Monday said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin was maintaining a studied silence over the ‘Obstructionist attitude of the Kerala government on the execution of repairs at the Mullaperiyar dam.

He said that the CPM which is in power in Kerala and the DMK who is in power in Tamil Nadu are allies in the state and still the Chief Minister was maintaining a silence on the Kerala government creating obstructions for the repair of the Mullaperiyar dam.

Panneerselvam said that the left parties of Tamil Nadu are maintaining a silence on the issue and the Chief Minister is also keeping mum on the issue and not taking this up with the Kerala government even though the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Stalin are in a good relationship.  He pointed out that the Kerala Chief Minister had recently come to Chennai to participate in the book launch function of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu called upon the state Chief Minister M.K.Stalin to take up the issue with his Kerala counterpart to ensure that no hindrance is created from the Tamil Nadu side for this work.

He said that if the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was not taking this up with the Kerala Chief Minister and settling it, then this would churn out into major political development.