Bengaluru: Farmers from north Karnataka, who were protesting in front of the BJP state headquarters for the last five days seeking early resolution to the Mahadayi river dispute, issued an ultimatum to the Chief Minister to convene all-party meeting by January 2018 to deliberate a possible final resolution on the issue.
They spent most of Wednesday running from one authority to another, including the governor and Election Commission, appealing for justice without allowing politicisation of issue.
The farmers decided to approach them after their negotiations with BJP State president B. S. Yeddyurappa failed on Tuesday evening. But, none of these authorities was available, except the Chief Electoral Officer.
First, they took out a march from the protest spot in Malleshwaram to the Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Vajubhai R. Vala. But they were not allowed to meet him since they had not taken any appointment. They submitted a memorandum and returned.
Similar was the treatment at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s office. Personal Secretary to Siddaramaiah received their memorandum as the Chief Minister was busy with Sadhana Samavesha.
Their visit to the Janata Dal (S) office too did not yield any results as party national president H.D. Deve Gowda was not present. Their memorandum was received by MLC T. A. Saravana.
