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CM’s opposition to the N-plant at Koodankulam a manifestation of differences with the Centre

Jayalalitha is upset Centre not clearing Rs 2.5 lakh-crore for TN

She has done a volte face on the plant, first seeking an end to the stir, then changing her mind

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I t seems Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha has now chosen to make the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) a handle to beat the Centre with. As the Centre squirms over the agitation in Idinthakarai, Tirunelveli district, against setting up the nuclear plant, Jayalalitha has done nothing to ease things. The antipathy has only grown over the Centre not clearing the Rs 2.5 lakh-crore Tamil Nadu has sought for clearing its financial mess. At the National Development Council meeting on October 23, Tamil Nadu finance minister O. Paneerselvam read out the chief minister’s speech in which she said the Centre was treating states as if they were...