Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Karnataka Government has decided to file a writ petition in the Supreme Court on the Cauvery Tribunal verdict and the water sharing formula it announced last month.
The state Cabinet took this decision after a meeting on Thursday morning. It will also file a review petition in the Cauvery Tribunal.
"The Cabinet has decided to file two petitions simultaneously, one in the Supreme Court and one at the tribunal. There will be no delay and we are just doing what our lawyers are advising us to do," said Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday assured the House that he would allow a discussion on the Cauvery Water dispute even as it witnessed noisy scenes after former prime minister Deve Gowda sought to make a reference about the dispute.
Members from Tamil Nadu were on their feet shouting at Deve Gowda when he appealed to the Chair to allow a discussion on the Cauvery issue under rule 193 of Rules of Procedure of the Lower House.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi and Shipping and Transport Minister T R Baalu had a tough time controlling the members belonging to all political parties from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Though the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address was completed on Wednesday night, the Chair gave a special permission to Deve Gowda to put forth his views as a last speaker before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to give his reply to the motion.
Before Deve Gowda began his speech, the Speaker announced that he had promised to him that he would not refer to the vexed Cauvery issue.
Though Deve Gowda began his speech saying, ''I will not refer to the Cauvery issue. I don't want to disturb the House,'' he went on to make a brief reference to the issue towards the close of his 15-minute speech, plunging the House into disorder.
The Tribunal in its verdict had awarded 419 thousand million cubic feet of water to Tamil Nadu and 270 TMCs to Karnataka.
The verdict caused widespread protests all over Karnataka. This decision will once again start the legal battle which has been going on for 17 years.
(With inputs from UNI)
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