The row over Cauvery dispute reached new proportions as protesters agitate outside Parliament and in Tamil Nadu. In Chennai, protesters tore down posters and portraits, hurled slippers and staged Rasta Roko. Even as police resorted to force to tackle the agitators. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra responded to the contempt plea by the AIADMK leaders. And said the top court understood the difficulty of the people of Tamil Nadu over the water dispute row. Meanwhile, AIADMK's Rajya Sabha MP Muthukaruppan tendered his resignation on Monday over the same issue. Earlier, deputy speaker and AIADMK leader M Thambidurai had said that AIADMK would consider moving a no-trust motion in Parliament against the NDA government if Congress supported it. With this move, AIADMK becomes the 5th party hoping to move a no-trust motion against the NDA. Earlier the TDP and YSR Congress, Congress as well as CPI(M) had decided to move no-trust motions. Even though the numbers are not in their favour.
