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Krishna accused of betrayal in Cauvery issue
Bangalore, Oct 25: Opposition parties in Karnataka yesterday sought to isolate the government on the Cauvery issue, severely criticising Chief Minister SM Krishna for `politicising` the matter.
Bangalore, Oct 25: Opposition parties in Karnataka
yesterday sought to isolate the government on the Cauvery issue,
severely criticising Chief Minister SM Krishna for
"politicising" the matter.
Speaking to PTI, BJP's State Unit President Basavaraj
Patil Sedam, JD (U)'s floor leader in the assembly, PGR
Sindhis and JD (S) State General Secretary C Narayanaswamy
targetted Krishna, dubbing his recent Padayatra on the issue
as "politically modivated".
They charged the Congress government with failing to
properly plead the state's case on Cauvery. "People have lost
their confidence in this government. Where was the need for
the Chief Minister to go on a Padayatra. He is politicising
the issue," they said.
Sedam said the Padayatra had "damaged" the state's
interests before law and found fault with the government for
taking a decision on not releasing water to Tamil Nadu within
the Cabinet rather than fighting its case out with the Cauvery
River Authority.
Narayanaswamy said there used to be unanimity of views
across the political spectrum as far as issues pertaining to
boundary and water were concerned, but that "goodwill" has
now been lost following Krishna's Padayatra.
Flaying the government for "inefficient handling" of the issue, he said "Krishna has betrayed the opposition."
Flaying the government for "inefficient handling" of the issue, he said "Krishna has betrayed the opposition."
Bureau Report