Don’t Ruin Bengaluru-Chennai Bond, Twitter to Cauvery Protesters

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Ayaz Memon urge protesters to restore peace in the two states.

Protesters vandalised a bus stop and burned several vehicles in Bengaluru in the ongoing Cauvery water dispute. (Photo: PTI)

Widespread violence broke out in Bengaluru on Monday over the Supreme Court’s order to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. That led to the local police imposing prohibitory orders under Section 144 as a preventive measure.

However, amidst the madness, a few known names from Bengaluru’s IT industry and otherwise took to Twitter urging for sanity.

Outside Twitter, too, they appealed to people in both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to not indulge in violence.

Speaking to Times Now, Mohandas Pai, former member of the board of directors of IT giant Infosys, appealed to citizens in the states to maintain peace.

He further urged the authorities to crack down on elements disrupting normal life. He said, “Violence has no place in a civilised society, and if you are indulging in violence, you will face the law.”

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Twitterati Urges To Bring An End to Hate-Mongering

The Twitter community from Bengaluru urged fellow citizens from instigating and being instigated.

Media Sensationalising the Issue

Local news channels, along with mainstream media, faced the slack for adding fuel to the Cauvery fire.