Karnataka polity divided over Cauvery
15 Oct 2012 7:21 AM IST
Hitting back at the Congress for attacking Karnataka government over the Cauvery issue, the deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa accused the party of politicising the matter and adopting 'double standards'.
Defending the release of water to Tamil Nadu from 12 to 19 September as a goodwill gesture, he said the decision was taken after legal opinion was sought. He charged the Congress with politicising the issue by first welcoming the decision of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
'The Congress also supported Shettar over his walkout during the Cauvery River Authority meeting, but now it is contending that he should have sat through the meeting. The Congress is resorting to double standards,' Eshwarappa said.
Senior Congress leaders had slammed the BJP government on Saturday for 'committing' a series of lapses in presenting the state's case before the Supreme Court and the Cauvery tribunal and trying to cover up its mistakes by blaming the prime minister, who heads the Cauvery River Authority.
Defending the release of water to Tamil Nadu from 12 to 19 September as a goodwill gesture, he said the decision was taken after legal opinion was sought. He charged the Congress with politicising the issue by first welcoming the decision of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.
'The Congress also supported Shettar over his walkout during the Cauvery River Authority meeting, but now it is contending that he should have sat through the meeting. The Congress is resorting to double standards,' Eshwarappa said.
Senior Congress leaders had slammed the BJP government on Saturday for 'committing' a series of lapses in presenting the state's case before the Supreme Court and the Cauvery tribunal and trying to cover up its mistakes by blaming the prime minister, who heads the Cauvery River Authority.
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