Karnataka CM's remark on Mekedatu in PM presence turns Cauvery row on the boil in TN, Stalin urges Vijay to convene All-Party meet

By MC Rajan Chennai, Nov 14 (UNI) Keeping Chief Minister Jospeh Vijay a prisoner of the past in the Cauvery water dispute with neighbouring Karnataka, principal opposition DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday demanded that an all-party meet be convened to assert Tamil Nadu's legitimate rights over the river and to debunk Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's claim that the Supreme Court has given the nod for the construction of the new Mekedatu dam on the inter-state border. A day after Shivakumar made the claim in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an official event, Stalin dashed off…