Vijay vs Udhayanidhi: CM rejects DMK's all-party meet demand on Mekedatu and Cauvery dispute

Edited by: Abhishek Mishra / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Aug 07, 2026, 11:30 IST

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CM Vijay rejects all-party meet

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday ruled out an all-party meeting on Karnataka's proposed Mekedatu Dam and the Cauvery water dispute, rejecting leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin's demand and urging the opposition not to "play politics" over the issue.

You have yourself acknowledged that the issue is serious. I am only asking how you are going to resolve it. The agriculture minister said in an interview that the chief minister would be going to Karnataka, but two other ministers have denied it. They are saying that they do not want the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come to Karnataka and that they are not prepared to release water," he said in the House.

Abhishek Mishra is a Digital Content Producer at The Times of India, working with the news desk. He writes with a keen eye on foreign policy, defence developments, and the shifting currents of geopolitics-and yes, Indian politics always finds a way onto his radar too.