BJP leaders stage a sit-in protest near the Gandhi statue in Bengaluru

Bharatiya Janata Party leaders staged a sit-in protest near the Gandhi statue in Bengaluru on September 27. They were protesting against the Karnataka government’s decision to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Protesters raised slogans against CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy also joined BJP protest against Karnataka government in Bengaluru.“The present Congress govt has not taken the Cauvery issue seriously. Farmers are literally on the streets and day by day the water is flowing to Tamil Nadu. The state government has completely failed in fulfilling its responsibility. The question of PM intervening in this issue does not rise because it is your (present Congress govt) failure...,” said Vijayendra Yediyurappa. “Our CM Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, they must know, that they should not behave like Tamil Nadu agents. They must realise the actual facts. In almost all our reservoirs water is not at all sufficient for even drinking purposes... PM can't interfere in this, the case is in SC. It's not possible for him to interfere...,” said BS Yediyurappa.