Overview
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday and formally handed over a memorandum listing the state’s priorities.
- Vijay urged the Centre to direct the Union Jal Shakti Ministry and the Central Water Commission not to clear Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu reservoir without the consent of co‑basin states and cited tribunal and Supreme Court precedents.
- He pressed the Union government to pursue diplomatic steps with Sri Lanka over fishermen arrests, telling officials that 12 incidents had occurred in 2026 with 58 fishermen detained and 266 boats seized.
- The chief minister met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to demand release of pending funds and faster approvals for metro, highways, ports and industrial corridors and requested DRDO’s Centre for Airborne Systems be established in Tamil Nadu.
- The Delhi tour combined administrative pleas with political outreach as Vijay seeks to convert his May 10 election victory and the May 13 trust vote into early delivery on projects and protections for Tamil Nadu’s water, fisheries and defence interests.