On day of Agriculture Budget, DMK MLAs wear black over TVK-led government’s ‘failure’ on Cauvery issue
DMK legislators wore black shirts to the Tamil Nadu Assembly to protest the TVK government's handling of the Cauvery water dispute and the Mekedatu dam project. The protest occurred during the Agriculture Budget presentation, which was marked by political rhetoric praising Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.
Legislators of the DMK, the principal Opposition party in Tamil Nadu, led by their leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, attended the presentation of the Agriculture Budget in the Assembly on Thursday (August 6, 2026) wearing black shirts to protest against the ruling party’s “failure” to secure Cauvery water and prevent Karnataka from constructing a dam at Mekedatu.
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