1. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is chairing in New Delhi a meeting of MPs and Union Ministers of Karnataka, legal experts and key officials on the Cauvery dispute, State projects pending before the Central government and drought relief issues. He is accompanied by Deputy CM and Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Karnataka representative in Delhi T.B. Jayachandra, among others. This follows Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directing Karnataka to continue releasing water at the rate of 5,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days, amidst drought in the State. Karnataka has decided to approach the Supreme Court.
2. Several progressive organisations are coming together today to demand a thorough probe into the BJP ticket fraud case in which Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura and her associates allegedly cheated businessman Govind Babu Poojary of ₹5 crore after promising to deliver a BJP ticket to contest the Assembly polls. Seven people have so far been arrested.
3. Horatada Hakkigaagi Janandolana will step up demand that the government withdraw order restricting protests to Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
