Cauvery row: Security beefed up for IPL match in wake of protest and disruption threat
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Apr 10, 2018, 24:07 IST | Updated: Apr 10, 2018, 24:07 IST
Members of a pro-Tamil party Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TMK) protested outside the MA Chidambaram Stadium today.
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Politics over Cauvery
Political parties in the state have been calling for the setting up of the Cauvery Management Board to address the issue.
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Politics over Cauvery
Many political groups in Tamil Nadu have been demanding that Chennai should not host any IPL matches in solidarity with farmers agitating for the formation of the Cauvery Management Board/scheme.
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Rajinikanth backs IPL ban in Chennai
Superstar Rajinikanth had also said he was "embarrassed" over the IPL match being held in Chennai while the state was in the middle of the Cauvery stir.
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Show support, Rajini tells CSK
The superstar had asserted that people should be more sensitive towards the plight of the farmers who were hit by severe water shortage in the state.
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Supreme court on Cauvery water row
Tamil Nadu has moved a contempt plea in the Supreme Court, seeking action against the Centre for allegedly failing to form the Cauvery Management Board within six weeks as ordered by the court on February 16.
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