People regret voting for the TVK, says former Minister Thangamani

Former Minister P. Thangamani leading a protest in Salem on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Former AIADMK Minister P. Thangamani said on Friday (August 14, 2026) that the people were regretting having voted for the TVK, which would not stay in power for long.He was leading a protest, staged by AIADMK members at Fort Maidan, demanding that the State government waive the crop loans in full and get Tamil Nadu’s share of Cauvery water from Karnataka.Mr. Thangamani said that in 1991 and 2018, the Supreme Court had made it clear that without the permission of lower riparian States (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Kerala), Karnataka could not construct a new dam across the Cauvery. But the Union government informed Parliament that permission from the lower riparian States was not needed f