
Shivrajkumar said it was a mistake to expel tamil film actor siddharth from the press conference and the Cauvery issues must be dealt with decisively. Indulging in violence is wrong, he said. Cauvery water problem has been going on for many years in tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In this situation, due to lack of proper rain this year, the water level of mettur dam has fallen. Due to this, the farmers who depended on the Cauvery for their cultivation became vulnerable. After this, the tamil Nadu government requested to provide water to tamil Nadu. The karnataka government denied this. Following this, the tamil Nadu government appealed to the Cauvery Management Board and the supreme Court. Then tamil Nadu was ordered to open the water. kannada organizations protested against this and registered their protest by burning the effigy of tamil Chief minister M.K.Stalin. Also, a shop-blocking protest was held in Bangalore two days ago. Following this today, the bandh announced by kannada organizations is taking place across Karnataka. Because of this, vehicles with tamil Nadu registration numbers were denied permission to enter Karnataka.
Stopped in border areas. Both the state police were also on security duty. bus service affected due to bandh announced today. Hotels and theaters were closed. Protests were also held in various parts of Karnataka. kannada organizations stormed the Kemba Gowda airport to protest against the operation of the airline. Then they shouted slogans against tamil Nadu. After this, the CRPF police who were on security duty at the airport removed the protesters from the area with explosives.
In this situation, kannada film actors and actresses participated in the protest held on behalf of the kannada Film Chamber. Veteran kannada actors Shivrajkumar, Sreenath, Shruti, Umasree, raghu Mukherjee, Anu Prabhakar, Vijay Raghavendra, Murali, Neenasam Satish, pooja Gandhi, Bama Harish, Anirudh, Padma Vasanthi, Rubika and others were present. Shivrajkumar, who spoke in the middle of the protest, said that the Cauvery issue should be fought in a fair manner. N said it was wrong to exclude tamil film actor siddharth from the press conference. And the Cauvery issues must be dealt with decisively. Indulging in violence is wrong, he said.