Mysuru: Due to irresponsibility on part of CM Siddaramaiah and the apathy of the PM Narendra Modi river Mahadayi has failed to quench the thirst of people of North Karnataka. Owning moral responsibility for his this Irrigation Minister M B Patil should resign immediately said GR Vidyaranaya of Aam Aadmi Party, Mysuru.
“This is a massive fraud perpetrated collectively by the politicians at the State and Centre. The desperate voice of the people has not reached the ears of its 28 MPs and 224 MLAs. The representatives must now tell us if they consider the people as alive or dead. In September 2015, a delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had visited the belt of both Malaprabha and Mahadavi rivers, met the leaders of the agitation, collected information from the experts, studied the ground realities and had suggested CM to form a high power committee comprising of experts on Geology, Gauging, Weather, Environment, Technical, Engineering, Irrigation, Agriculture and Farmer Leaders etc. and at present the report of this committee in the argument to the court.  However even after AAP delegation gave its suggestion to CM Siddaramaiah, he has failed to understand the seriousness of the matter, making the state argue without facts and figures, thereby failing to impress upon the Tribunal of it’ drinking water requirement. AAP feels that this has proved that the CM is as good as dead for the people of the state,” added Vidyaranya.

He also mentioned that during the session there was no discussion on the much needed plan of providing water to 5.4 lakh hectares of land from the Mahadayi River. The 17 MPs from BJP failed to impress upon the PM to intervene in the fight, while the 11 Congress MPs failed to initiate any discussion on this issue in the Parliament, which reflects the irresponsibility of our MPs. The party politics in this issue and the outcome was very much evident when Solicitor General Atmaram Nadkarni was appointed to argue for Goa. Even the PMs effort to please the people in election bound Goa and his playing political drama by remaining a mute spectator in the name of order of the Tribunal is clearly visible.

“The state has failed in presenting its argument. Hence the Government should submit its appeal in the Supreme Court. It should understand the pulse of the people and form an expert committee and argue on the basis of hard facts and figures. AAP demands that the Irrigation Minister M B Patil resign immediately owning moral responsibility for this failure” said Vidyaranya.