Wed, Apr 9 02:21 PM
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) In a flip-flop, Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said the decision to put the Hogenakkal project on hold is absolutely that of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. ".
An impression is created that Congress President Sonia Gandhi personally talked to M Karunanidhi, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, to keep the Hogenakkal project on hold," he said in a statement here today, backtracking on his yesterday's statement in Bangalore on the subject. Moily, AICC Media Department Chairman, had yesterday said in Bangalore that Congress President Sonia Gandhi spoke to Karunanidhi and requested him to defer the project.
Today he clarified that the decision to put the Hogenakkal project on hold is absolutely the decision of Karunanidhi as he feels that there is no popular government in Karnataka in place to resolve the issue. "It is clarified that the Congress President is interested in an amicable settlement of the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and she is very much concerned about the environment of peace and cordiality between the people of bot the states to prevail," Moily said.
"The gesture on the part of Karunanidhi is very much appreciated by the people of Karnataka," he added. Karunanidhi has already said the decision was not based on any request made by the Congress and was meant for the welfare of the people of both the states.
DMK's opponent AIADMK has charged Karunanidhi with putting the Hogenakkal Water Project on hold expecting a cabinet berth for his daughter MP Kanimozhi. The deferment of the project has come as a breather for the Congress in poll-bound Karnataka as it threatened to become a major issue in the coming Assembly elections.
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