Protests against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu continued for the second day on Monday with authorities deciding to deploy Rapid Action Force to maintain peace in Mandya, the epi-centre of the stir, even as four JDS MLAs and an MP submitted resignations to the party state unit chief to protest the government action.
Lending their political might to the agitation, they submitted their resignations to HD Kumaraswamy to protest the BJP government’s action to release water complying with a Supreme Court order.
JD(S) Lok Sabha member from Mandya N Cheluvarayaswamy and its four MLAs from Mandya district -- Kalpana Siddaraju, C S Puttaraju, M Srinivas and A B Ramesh Bandisidddegowda submitted their resignation letters.
Speaking to reporters here, Kumaraswamy said a meeting of party MLAs and MPs had been convened tomorrow to decide the future course of action, including whether all its legislators should quit en masse.
JD(S), which draws its core strength mainly from the Cauvery belt, has 26 MLAs and three MPs in the state.
