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Amid heightening row over Cauvery, Mekedatu, Vijay to visit Delhi tomorrow to attend Sonia book launch

Chennai, Nov 15 (UNI) Amid heightening Cauvery row following Karnataka's assertion on Mekedatu dam construction and political parties urging him to take up the issue with the Centre and Congress high command, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK Founder Vijay will be visiting Delhi tomorrow to attend the formal launch of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir "Belonging : A Journey of Love".
It was a politically significant visit as it comes in the backdrop growing tensions on Mekedatu row and whether a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi--before whom Karnataka Chief Minister D.K.Shivakumar sought his support and approval for the dam project--is on the cards or not, is not known.
Sources said it was not known whether Vijay would use this visit to seek an audience with the PM in the wake of the Cauvery row intensifying.
The remarks of DKS has drawn strident opposition from TN parties, which had been urging the Vijay government to convene an all party meeting and exert pressure on the centre to stall Karnataka's move, besides leading a delegation of MPs and MLAs to meet Modi and register the state's unified opposition to Mekedatu dam construction.
Referring to his proposed Delhi visit, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K.Palaniswami urged Vijay to take up the Cauvery and Mekedatu issues with top honchos of the Congress, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. He also wanted him to express TN's strong condemnation to the remarks of DKS who gave a big push to the Mekedatu dam with Modi by his side, saying "no need for permission for the dam. The Supreme Court has delivered a clear verdict that Mekedatu has to be built in Karnataka and no one can stop it. We want you to help us legally".
This would be the second meeting with Sonia and Rahul after Vijay met them in June when he was in the National capital in June for the Niti Aayog meet chaired by the Prime Minister. Tomorrow's meeting was expected to further strengthen the ties between the TVK and Congress, especially in the context of ensuing bypoll two five seats, the rural Local body and 2029 Lok Sabha polls. It was not known whether the Vijay as PM face narrative--after Congress projected Rahul---which had created tensions in the ties, would figure during his meeting with the top Congress leaders.
Congress was the first party to pledge its support to the TVK government formation and allied with it after walking out of the DMK front post the Assembly elections in which TVK emerged as a single largest party, but fell short of majority and then joined the Cabinet,realising its 59 year old dream of being part of the government.
Vijay's visit also comes close on the heels of Governor R.V.Arlekar's trip to Delhi when he met both Mr Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah and was believed to have given a report to the union Home Ministry on the prevailing law and order situation, which the Opposition parties said had deteriorated in the wake of increasing urders, jail breaks and misconduct by two TVK MLAs.
Meanwhile, senior TVK leader and School Education Minister A.Rajmohan has left for Delhi on an official visit to meet officials concerning his department.
Not attaching any political significance to the visit, he told reporters at the airport that it has nothing to do with the Governor's recent trip and he would hold discussions on matters relating to School education, Tamil development and the Information and Publicity Departments. He also noted that Tamil Nadu Day celebrations were scheduled to be held in Delhi.
“My visit to Delhi has nothing to do with the Governor’s visit. I am going there for discussions concerning my departments. There is
no need to view this from a political perspective,” he said.
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