Karnataka: All party will meet on Cauvery today

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called an all-party-meeting on Saturday over the Cauvery water issue, ANI reported. The Cauvery water-sharing issue has been a major flashpoint between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The government will discuss next move after the Centre's decision to set up the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee. 

The state government has nominated two senior officials as its representatives to the Authority and the Committee under 'protest' so as to 'block' any further 'damages' to the state's interests. The Centre had on June 22 constituted a nine-member Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, comprising representatives from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. Karnataka had not nominated its representatives. The state has been opposing any move to form the Authority and had instead suggested the formation of Cauvery Decision Implementation Committee.  Kumaraswamy had last week accused the Centre of having taken a "unilateral" decision, hurting the state's interests.