Chennai, July 7 -- Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagendran on Tuesday accused the Congress of adopting "double standards" on the proposed Mekedatu Dam project, alleging that the party had betrayed the people of Tamil Nadu on the issue.

Nagendran referred to Tamil Nadu Congress President Manickam Tagore's declaration that not even a single brick would be allowed to be laid for the proposed Mekedatu Dam and his warning of protests against its construction.

Nagendran alleged that Tagore was ignoring the fact that Karnataka was governed by the Congress and was acting as though a rival party was in power there. He claimed that the Congress had once again proved that it continued to betray the people of Tamil Nadu on the Mekedatu issue.

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