Ramanathapuram, May 3 (DC): Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s car on Tuesday came under attack from a group of DMK workers, who pelted it with stones, threw slippers and showed black flags, condemning the centre for not forming the Cauvery Management Board.
Police said the stones hit the rear end of the vehicle, which did not suffer any damage and the minister continued with her journey. All the DMK workers were removed and arrested, they said. BJP workers following the minister’s convoy in a vehicle shouted slogans against DMK, to which the latter too responded.
The defence minister is on a visit to Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts to carry out a review of Centre schemes.
In the wake of the February 16 verdict which directed the Centre to evolve a ‘scheme’ on the Cauvery dispute, DMK and other parties have been insisting on a Cauvery Management Board.