Bengaluru sources have stated that the state wide bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits demanding the Prime Minister's intervention in the interstate Mahadayi River water row with neighboring Goa. Meanwhile the major impact of the full day bandh is being seen in northern districts that come under Malaprabha river basin.
Moreover Congress' role, saying it was synchronized with dates when BJP national President Amit Shah in Mysuru on Thursday to address a party rally. Similarly, a Bengaluru bandh has been called on February 4 also, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the poll-bound state to take part in 'Nav Karnataka Parivartan Yatra' of the state unit in the city.
Further the police said elaborate security
arrangements have been made across the state to ensure that no untoward
incident occurs. Meanwhile BJP state President
BS Yeddyurappa said “They have decided that when Rahul Gandhi comes to
Karnataka, we will call for a complete bandh in those districts he will be
visiting”.
