Bandh Ends Across Karnataka
The dawn to dusk bandh has come to an end across the state, restoring life back to normalcy.
It was seen that the northern districts under the Malaprabha river basin were most affected. The shutdown also logged out India's tech hub Bengaluru. IT companies like Infosys, Wipro and other multinational firms had declared a day off for its employees.
Pro-Kannada Leader Says He Will Call For a Protest In Delhi
Vatal Nagaraj, a leader of Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (KCVP) says that there is a plan in place to organise a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in the coming days. He also said that an unfair treatment is being meted out to the north Kannadigas’. “We will make sure that the Prime Minister intervenes to resolve the issue,” he told media persons in Bengaluru.
VTU and Bangalore University Reschedule Exams
Both Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Belagavi and Bangalore University have postponed the exams that were to be held on 25 January in the light of the state-wide bandh over the Mahadayi river dispute.
Prakash Raj Steps In To Comment on the Mahadayi Dispute
Actor Prakash Raj has put forth his views on Twitter with regard to the Mahadayi river dispute.
The News Minute has transcribed the content as follows - “With regard to the Mahadayi issue, all political parties and the government should stop playing politics. The water flowing from Kalasa-Banduri is Kannadigas’ right.
When a political party is elected into power, they stop being a party and become a citizen-serving government. If some party is in power in the centre or in another state, saying that we will bring water as a party, it is a lie.
This is a citizen's movement. Please don't play politics over people's fundamental rights. I stand with citizens in this movement. All leaders, leaving aside political affiliations, leaving aside your begging for votes, come together on one platform and unitedly protest. We will fight for our rights.”