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Karnataka govt replaces 'minorities' with 'all innocent' ' to withdraw communal clash cases

January 28, 2018 10:33·
The three circulars were sent to the district police heads by the Director General and Inspector General of Police between Dec. 22 and Jan. 24

The three circulars were sent to the district police heads by the Director General and Inspector General of Police between Dec. 22 and Jan. 24

Reiterating that BJP will take the responsibility of convincing Goa and Maharashtra Chief Ministers regarding water sharing, and state Congress should convince their party colleagues who are in opposition there, Yeddyurappa questioned Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi's silence on the issue. Stating this at an all-party meeting chaired by him to discuss the row, he said he would also try to convince Congress leaders in Goa of the need to release water to Karnataka. "I will do it if Parrikar convenes the meeting", he added.

While BJP members wanted the Congress to convince their party leaders in Goa to allow Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to settle the issue amicably, the JD (S) and the Congress were for seeking Mr. Modi's intervention in the matter.

The report apparently did not go down well with the BJP leadership and several other Hindu organisations as they attacked the Karnataka government saying that the letter will only create dissent and insecurity among the majority community.

The 77-km-long Mahadayi or Mandovi river originates at Bhimgad in the Western Ghats in Belagavi district and flows into the neighbouring Goa and joins the Arabian Sea off the West Coast.

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Karnataka has sought 7.56 tmcft water from Goa to meet the drinking water requirement.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who chaired the three-hour-long meeting, later told the media that despite BJP's disagreement, he has chose to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking an audience.

"Though I have written many letters to the Prime Minister and Parrikar for an out-of-court or outside-Tribunal settlement, there has been no response from either till date", Siddaramaiah rued. The prime minister is in Karnataka on February 4.

Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP president Amit Shah were involved in a heated spat. "IG sent a letter to SPs, gave the reminder that's all", Ramalinga Reddy told ANI. Minority leaders represented that some false cases registered against minorities.

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