"The violence must be stopped. No political party, no organisation should instigate people against each other. The two states share all kinds of relations. The water issue should not be used to rouse passions on both sides," CPI national secretary D Raja said.
Noting the Cauvery issue as one of the oldest river water disputes, Raja though said Karnataka "should not take advantage" of being upper riparian state and that Tamil Nadu "should not be deprived" of its due share.
Sporadic violence have been reported from some other parts of Karnataka today, with the Siddaramaiah government asking Tamil Nadu to protect Kannadigas and assuring to safeguard Tamils in the state.
Trucks with Tamil Nadu registration number plate were either pelted with stones or set on fire in Bengaluru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chitradurga and Dharwad districts as Kannada activists expressed their anger over alleged attacks on the state vehicles and property of Kannadigas in the neighbouring state.
The protests came a day after a video purportedly showing a 22-year-old Tamil youth being beaten up by a group of men in Bengaluru for his alleged "derogatory" remarks on social media against Kannada film actors.
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