Ballari, July 15 (IANS) The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced a statewide protest on July 17, demanding the withdrawal of cases registered against farmers and the scrapping of the Bidadi Township project. The party also announced that during the upcoming Monsoon Session of the State Legislature, the BJP and Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) would jointly take on the state government over issues concerning farmers in Karnataka.Addressing a press conference in Ballari, BJP Pre…
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Mandya, July 13 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday warned that the BJP would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir if the Karnataka government failed to release water for standing crops in the Cauvery basin within the next three days. Ashoka, who visited drought-hit sugarcane fields in Malavalli and nearby villages in Mandya district, interacted with farmers and assessed crop damage caused by the shortage of irrigatio…
Mandya (Karnataka), July 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday warned that the BJP would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir if the Karnataka government failed to release water for standing crops in the Cauvery basin within the next three days.Ashoka, who visited drought-hit sugarcane fields in Malavalli and nearby villages in Mandya district, interacted with farmers and assessed crop damage caused by the shortage of irrigation water. Addre…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Friday accused the Congress government of “betraying” the state’s farmers by continuing to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu despite a worsening water situation in the Cauvery basin. He warned that the BJP, along with thousands of farmers, would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir if the government failed to stop the release and convene an Irrigation Consultative Committee (ICC) meeting im…
Chennai, July 5 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) President Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday urged the Tamil Nadu government to convene an all-party meeting to evolve a united strategy against Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project, claiming that farmers across the Cauvery basin have overwhelmingly rejected the state’s proposal to seek the constitution of a new tribunal to address the dispute. Alleging that Karnataka is moving ahead aggressively with its plans while Tamil Nadu has failed to mount…
Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) A day after Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated that he was prepared to hold discussions with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at any time on the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project, senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Friday accused the Congress of adopting contradictory positions on the project and alleged that the party had sacrificed Karnataka’s interests for political considerations.His statement came on Friday after Ch…