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“The DMK chief (Karunanidhi) withdrew a case in 1972 at the behest of Indira Gandhi, with utter disregard for the welfare of our farmers. DMK took a dig at the state for not “exerting pressure” on the Narendra Modi government to get water and for the Cauvery panels to be constituted. The AIADMK MPs had stalled Parliament session for 22 days over the Cauvery dispute.Palaniswami accused the DMK of doing precious little in resolving the Cauvery dispute when it was a constituent of the successive governments at the Centre for 14 years. CHENNAI/TRICHY: The H D Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka is yet to suggest its nominees for the Cauvery panels even a fortnight after the Centre notified the scheme, but the ruling AIADMK is already celebrating its ‘Cauvery victory’ with a series of public meetings across the state. DMK and its chief,” he said.The AIADMK government has been receiving flak for not opening the Mettur dam and releasing Cauvery water on June 12, the customary date for water release, for the seventh year in a row..