Cauvery Issue: Farmers Backed By Opposition Hold Rail Roko Protest

MDMK chief Vaiko, CPM leader G Ramakrishnan and others stage a rail roko at the Central Railway station demanding the constitution of a Cauvery management board, in Chennai on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

As the Cauvery issue intensified yet again, over 600 farmers were arrested in the Rail Roko protests in Chennai, Madurai and Thanjavur districts in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

DMK leader MK Stalin was detained along with other MLAs for staging the Rail Roko protests.

Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, including the DMK, joined a statewide rail blockade protest announced by a farmers’ federation over the Cauvery issue, urging the Centre to set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).

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