The Hindu·3 min read·medium
BJP stages KRS protest against Cauvery water release; Vijayendra, R. Ashoka and others detained
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The Hindu Bureau
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BJP leaders in Karnataka were detained while protesting against the state government's decision to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. The party claims the government is failing to protect the interests of local farmers.
A large number of BJP workers, including the party’s State president B.Y. Vijayendra and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok, were detained on Friday during a protest outside the KRS reservoir in Mandya near here against what the party termed as the State government’s failure to protect the interests of the Karnataka’s farmers in the Cauvery water dispute.
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