Chennai, May 28 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, urging him to allow the state government to start official functions with the Tamil invocation song, and raising concerns over Karnataka's stand on the inter-state Mekedatu dam and the arrests of local fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy.

It was Vijay's first meeting with Modi after his party, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), won the state polls earlier this month.

Among the primary demands Vijay placed before Modi was that the Tamil invocation song, also called the state anthem, 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu,' be played first at government functions.

"The Chief Minister noted that the state anthem, 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu,' has always been s...