A meeting between two groups of activists and organisations - one led by farmers leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar who has called for Bengaluru Bandh on Tuesday, and another led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj who is preparing for Karnataka Bandh on September 29 - failed to arrive at any consensus on Monday.
The two groups have decided to go ahead with their own bandh calls, resulting in two bandh calls the same week, over the Cauvery river water dispute with Tamil Nadu and against the Sate government releasing water to the neighbouring State as per the directions of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
After the meeting, Mr. Nagaraj said that they had decided not to support Bengaluru Bandh, which was narrow in its agenda and had decided to call for Karnataka Bandh on September 29, Friday, when all National Highways in the State would be blocked.
