Over a year actor Kamal Haasan has been crticising the AIADMK Government of Tamil Nadu on various issues affecting people. He was being criticised for allegedly being soft on the the Union Government ruled by BJP. 

 Now the actor-politician who recently launched his new party Makkal Needhi Mayyam has criticised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's statement regarding the setting up of Cauvery Management Board. 

The Supreme Court has fixed a deadline of six weeks to form the board which will take care of disputes between the states regarding the sharing of Cauvery river water. This has been a long standing demands of Tamil Nadu, which has been one fo the states. 

The minister while speaking in a recent even had said that it is not possible to constitute the board in such a short span. 

Objecting to this the statement from the President of Makkal Needhi Mayyam has sent a statement which has been attached below.