Federation of Farmers’ Associations of Karnataka has threatened to gherao Ministers if the State Government does not halt the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Sunday, President of the Federation Kurubur Shanthakumar, who is also the leader of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers’ Association, said the Congress Government in the State was sacrificing the interests of Karnataka’s farmers by releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu even when the storage in the reservoirs is poor due to insufficient rainfall.
He alleged that the Congress Government in Karnataka was more concerned about the unity of INDIA alliance, the Congress-led grouping of political parties that includes DMK, than the interests of Karnataka’s farmers.
