Karnataka’s legislature on Friday refused to share Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, potentially setting the state on a collision course with the Supreme Court days after violence rocked capital Bengaluru over the sensitive issue. The legislature’s decision came nearly two weeks after an earlier apex court order sparked large scale violence in state capital Bengaluru where mobs targetted Tamil-speaking speaking and their properties. Later in 2002, another chief minister SM Krishna too had refused to release water to Tamil Nadu. The apex court struck down the ordinance and forced Krishna, who was in danger of being hauled for contempt of court, to comply with its order. The water has to come to Tamil Nadu,” ANI quoted AIADMK leader CR Saraswathi as saying.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 14:48 UTC