Cauvery issue: T.N. Minister Nirmalkumar says Karnataka CM Shivakumar, DMK share ties beyond politics

Tamil Nadu Electricity and Law Minister R. Nirmalkumar. File. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Tamil Nadu Minister for Law and Energy Resources R. Nirmalkumar on Sunday (August 2, 2026) claimed that Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin’s family shared a cordial relationship that went beyond politics, Mr. Nirmalkumar said that Mr. Shivakumar wanted the DMK to return to power and the Karnataka CM would listen to the DMK leader’s family rather than the Congress leadership.Speaking to journalists at Chennai Airport, Mr. Nirmalkumar strongly objected to Mr. Stalin’s statement that “Chief Minister [C. Joseph Vijay], in an attempt to go it alone [on the Cauvery issue], was left isolated,” while the Karnataka Chief Minister