Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the state government is in a quandary on the issue of Cauvery River water distribution adding that the lawyers who were representing the state did not argue its case properly in front of the Supreme Court.
This development comes amid the Karnataka government seeking a stay on the Cauvery Water Management Authority order passed earlier seeking to release 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days till September 26.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Sunday wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin urging Tamil Nadu CM to discuss the Cauvery water issue with his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah.
Pro-Kannada organisations in Karnataka's Mandya continued their protest on Wednesday, demanding the government to stop releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The visuals showed the protestors lying and rolling on the street as a part of the protest.
Aam Adami Party (AAP) Karnataka president Mukhyamantro Chandru on Saturday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Cauvery issue and said that BJP MPs should be the slaves to the people of the state and not to the central government.
CWMA on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court stating that a meeting was held and after that, Karnataka fulfilled the directions of CWMA by releasing a total of 149898 cusec of water at Biligundulu from August 12 to August 26.
Cauvery Water Management Authority on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court stating that a meeting was held and after that Karnataka fulfilled the directions of CWMA by releasing a total of 1,49,898 cusec of water at Biligundulu from August 12 to August 26
The Cauvery water issue has been a controversial issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades and they have been locked in a battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery River, which is a major source of irrigation and drinking water for millions of people in the region.
The matter has been a controversial issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades and they have been locked in battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery river, which is a major source of irrigation and drinking water for millions of people in the region.
The Karnataka government on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water-sharing dispute opposing Tamil Nadu’s application for the release of 24,000 cusecs of water daily per day from the reservoirs in Karnataka.