The meeting between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss a range of issues. (File photo)
The stage is set for a meeting between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. Jayalalithaa will be in New Delhi to meet the Prime Minister, and will discuss issues related to Tamil Nadu.
She will take a chartered flight to Delhi in the morning, and will return to Chennai in the evening.
Formation of Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee for the implementation of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal and Mullaperiyar issue will be among the water resources related issues that she is expected to take up with PM Modi.
Continuing arrests of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan navy vis-a-vis protection of their traditional fishing rights, retrieval of Katchatheevu which was ceded to the island nation decades ago by India are also likely to come up for discussion.
The meeting is also likely to see discussions related to AIADMK's support in the Rajya Sabha for key legislative business where it has 13 members. Several crucial Bills like the GST are yet to see the light of day in the Upper House.
"Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss important issues relating to Tamil Nadu," an official release had said on June 8.
This will be Jayalalithaa's first visit to the National Capital since assuming office as chief minister for a second consecutive term in Tamil Nadu. Her party - AIADMK - had secured a thumping victory in the Assembly polls that concluded last month.
The previous meeting between Jayalalithaa and PM Modi took place in August last year, when PM Modi had visited Tamil Nadu. He called on Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence breaking protocol, and she had submitted a memorandum comprising several state specific requests to him.