The Statewide protest called by various Kannada and farmers’ organisation against the decision of the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal passed off peacefully on Thursday with no untoward incident reported in both Vijayapura and Bagalkot.
In Vijayapura, there were a few dharnas, but it was a bandh-like situation in Bilagi and Hungund taluks of Bagalkot district, which were to benefit from the project. The protestors raised anti-Goa slogans and burnt tyres on the road.
In the press note issued by the district unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), both the State and Union governments were accused of failing to help Karnataka. The release said that the representatives of the Congress and the BJP have never tried seriously to address the issue and have only played politics using it.