Chennai, Aug. 8 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday said there would be no compromise on the Cauvery issue or on fighting against the construction of the Mekedatu dam in Karnataka, adding that the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) had no intention of playing politics over the dam issue. "On the Cauvery issue, some members have asked for details. Cauvery is our lifeline; it is an emotional issue for us," Vijay said in his first comments on the issue during the Tamil Nadu assembly session on Friday. Recalling that the assembly passed an unanimous resolution in June and sent it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vijay said: "On learning that the Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti did not mention full details regarding the dam, we immediately wrote another letter to the Prime Minister the very next day quoting the rules and clauses of the Cauvery Tribunal's final verdict and the Supreme Court's final verdict, stating that no legal or administrative approval should be granted for construction of the dam at Mekedatu." He underscored that his government would not yield even a fraction of Tamil Nadu's rights on sharing Cauvery river water with Karnataka. "That is our clear stand," Vijay said, while adding that the proposed visit to Bengaluru was an attempt to see if a dialogue could work....