April 12 bandh plan dropped

The plan to call a Statewide bandh on April 12 over formation of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) has been dropped. Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj said, “Neither has the Supreme Court directed the Union government to form the CMB nor has the Union government told the Supreme Court that it will form the board. The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to come up with a scheme to implement the order over sharing Cauvery water. The next date of hearing of the case is May 3. We had proposed a bandh to protest against the proposed CMB. As neither the Supreme Court nor the Union government has said the board will be formed, we have decided to adopt a wait-and-watch approach till May 3,” said Mr. Nagaraj.