Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on October 5 urged Prime Minister A
B Vajpayee to issue a direction to Karnataka to comply with October 4 Supreme Court
order on release of 9000 CUSECS of water to the state and take action, using Article
365 and 356 in case of 'continued intransigence and recalcitrance' by Karnataka
government.
In a hard-hitting three-page statement on October 5 night, she said her government
would soon file a second contempt application before the apex court for
the 'disobedience' of the court's latest order and a suit against Karnataka for
damages and payment of compensation in respect of the losses sustained due to
the 'Kuruvai' (short term paddy) crop having already been lost due to
Karnataka's 'recalcitrance'.
Appealing to the Constitutional authorities, 'who are duty bound to uphold the
provisions of the Constitution' to ensure that Karnataka acted in a manner befitting
a federal state in the Union of states in India, the Chief Minister said an all-
party meet would be held on October 7 to discuss the issue in the wake of Karnataka
government's 'obdurate refusal' to release water from its reservoirs.
PTI
