Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK attempted to cushion the blow after Friday's Supreme Court's ruling on the Cauvery water dispute reduced the state's allocation of water, underlining the court's direction to set up a special body which could guarantee that Karnataka wasn't able to hold back the allocated water. Chief Minister Palaniswami led the effort to pre-empt the opposition, agreeing that the reduction in Tamil Nadu's share was "disappointing". But he stressed that the direction to set up the Cauvery Management Board a "big victory" for the state.
