The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu today decided to boycott the five-member High Power Committee constituted by the Supreme Court to go into the safety aspects and other technical issues of the Mullaperiyar dam.

A resolution to this effect was adopted at the party’s General Council meeting chaired by DMK President and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

The resolution said, the decision to constitute the Committee was of no relevance as the previous seven-member Mittal Committee had vouched for safety of the dam.