When congress leaders from Tumkur district openly said there is no need for the Express Link Canal, DK Shivakumar's relatives were shocked. Speaking at a media conference in Tumkur, Muddahanumegoud expressed strong opposition to the link canal project. Muddahanumegowda expressed the opinion that the water should go to Kunigal through the existing canal and there is no need to make an express canal separately. Making the express canal separate will do injustice to other taluks of Tumkur district. Let the existing channel expand. He said that we would oppose Express press Canal in the interests of our district. If water is diverted to one taluk through an express canal, everyone starts doing the same. Muddahanume Gowda said that even when he was an mp in the past, he had expressed opposition to the construction of this canal.
karnataka DCM DK Shivakumar is visiting temples as lok sabha polling approaches. Went to gokarna temple in Uttara kannada district and offered a special pooja to Lord Mahabaleshwar. Rudrabhishekam and Kshirabhishekam were performed to Mahabaleshwar. Ministers, MLAs, and his close friends accompanied DCM DK Shivakumar to temples. The priests of gokarna temple performed a special pooja to confirm DK Shivakumar's resolve to become Chief Minister. DK Sivakumar spoke to the media after the pooja. DCM DK Shivakumar said that there is no air of bjp in the state of karnataka and no air of Ram. DK Shivakumar sarcastically said that instead of BJP's guarantee, bjp leaders are trying to campaign for election by saying Modi's guarantees.
