M'periyar: PM help sought on TN police presence
Kochi,
Apr
5:
Parliamentarian
P
C
Thomas
today
sought
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh's
intervention
into
the
issue
of
presence
of
Tamil
Nadu
police
in
the
adjoining
places
of
Mullaperiyar
dam.
Speaking
to
reporters
here,
Mr
Thomas
said
Tamil
Nadu
had
no
right
to
supervise
or
inspect
the
dam
which
was
the
primary
property
of
Kerala.
Tamil
Nadu's
demand
to
deploy
CISF
for
the
security
of
the
dam
was
against
the
spirit
of
the
federal
system
of
the
country,
he
said.
Mr
Thomas
said
contempt
of
court
charges
should
be
framed
against
the
neighbouring
state
for
unheeding
the
Supreme
Court's
order
that
the
Mullaperiyar
issue
should
be
resolved
through
talks
between
Kerala
and
Tamil
Nadu.
The
Lok
Sabha
member
said
his
party,
Kerala
Congress,
would
bring
to
the
notice
of
the
Prime
Minister
and
Railway
Minister
Lalu
Prasad,
the
issue
of
demarcation
for
the
Salem
Division.
He
alleged
that
the
free
trade
agreement
with
the
SAARC
countries
would
adversely
affect
the
farmers
interest
in
the
country.
UNI