Dhinakaran supporter offers poison to AIADMK MP after his suicide threat

AIADMKMPNavaneethakrishnan who threatened to commit suicide over delay in formationCauvery Management Board(CMB) became a subject of jeer for a supporter of sidelinedAIADMKleaderTTV Dhinakaran, who offered him poison and a noose, on Saturday.

"Navaneethakrishnanannounced in Parliament that he will commit suicide but he did not do it, now I offer him this poison and rope to hang himself with, as he failed to do what he said," Dhinakaran supporter Pugalendhi said at a press conference while displaying a poison and a noose.

"Now, as a strong leader like Amma (J Jayalalithaa) is no more, neighbouring Karnataka is happy, therefore I urge allTamil NaduMPs to resign from the Parliament," news agency ANI reported as Pugalendhi as saying.

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On February 16, the apex court asked the Centre to form theCMBto implement a formula for sharing of Cauvery water betweenTamil Naduand Karnataka. In the ruling, the top court reducedTamil Nadu's share in the Cauvery water to 177.25 thousand million cubic feet

However, the Centre failed to set theCMBby March 29, following whichNavaneethakrishnanthreatened that he will commit suicide. (A