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Mekedatu padayatra ends with massive rally in Bengaluru
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Mekedatu padayatra ends with massive rally in Bengaluru

March 4, 2022

Bengaluru: The five-day padayatra demanding immediate implementation of the contentious Mekedatu project culminated here last night with a massive rally and a meeting at the National College Grounds. The Congress had launched the 165-km ‘Namma Neeru Namma Hakku’ (our water, our right) padayatra on Jan. 9 and it was originally scheduled to end on Jan….

Mekedatu padayatra to resume from Ramanagaram on Feb. 27
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Mekedatu padayatra to resume from Ramanagaram on Feb. 27

February 22, 2022

Bengaluru: The State Congress has decided to resume its ‘Namma Neeru, Namma Hakku’ (our water, our right) padayatra dema-nding implementation of the Mekedatu project from Ramanagaram on Feb. 27. The padayatra was sus-pended on the fifth day on Jan. 13 owing to a surge in COVID cases. Leader of the Opposition Siddharamaiah and KPCC President…

Padayatra suspended
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Padayatra suspended

January 13, 2022

Rally turns super-spreader as virus infects several senior Congress party leaders; Foot march to resume from Ramanagara after third wave subsides; Heavy Police bandobust at Ramanagara Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress this noon decided to postpone its 10-day contentious Mekedatu padayatra, a day after the State Government, pulled up by the High Court, ordered an immediate…

Mekedatu-Bengaluru padayatra: DKS digs heels in, CM likely to crack down
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Mekedatu-Bengaluru padayatra: DKS digs heels in, CM likely to crack down

January 11, 2022

Rally becomes Shivakumar-centric as Congress bigwigs start petering out Bengaluru/Ramanagara: The Karnataka Congress’ padayatra, demanding implementation of Mekedatu project across the Cauvery river, has continued even as FIRs have been registered against nearly 30 of its leaders and others for taking part in it, defying COVID curbs. D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee…

Congress launches 170-km Mekedatu march for water
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Congress launches 170-km Mekedatu march for water

January 9, 2022

D.K. Shivakumar takes a dip in Cauvery, offers puja and carries padayatra flag in a coracle Bengaluru: Despite an alarming spike in COVID-19 and Omicron cases in the State and threats of disruption by the Government owing to stringent weekend curfew rules, the Congress this morning launched its 11-day padayatra seeking early implementation of Mekedatu…

Mekedatu Padayatra: BJP accuses Congress of political gimmick
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Mekedatu Padayatra: BJP accuses Congress of political gimmick

January 9, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Terming the Congress party’s Mekedatu Padayatra as a mere political gimmick aimed at fetching votes in the Assembly polls, BJP MLA L. Nagendra charged the Congress Government in Punjab of failing to provide security to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited the State recently. Addressing a press meet at the BJP office in…

JD(S) MLC appeals Congress to postpone ‘Mekedatu padayatra’
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JD(S) MLC appeals Congress to postpone ‘Mekedatu padayatra’

January 8, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Congress is determined to go on with its planned  10-day ‘ Mekedatu Padayatra ’ starting from Jan. 9, JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed the Congress to defer its padayatra at least  until the COVID pandemic, which is witnessing a sudden spurt in the past few days, shows signs of abating. In…

BJP and JD(S) are scared of Mekedatu Padayatra: Siddu
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BJP and JD(S) are scared of Mekedatu Padayatra: Siddu

January 4, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that BJP and the JD(S) are scared of the Mekedatu padayatra being taken out by the Congress, Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said both the parties are targeting the Congress out of fear of rising popularity of the Congress.  He was speaking at the Congress Membership Drive and Mekedatu Janandolana Rally…

Show of strength only for Mekedatu Project: DKS
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Show of strength only for Mekedatu Project: DKS

January 4, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of trying to stall the Congress party’s Mekedatu padayatra, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) asserted that the padayatra would not stop, come what may. Addressing the Party’s Janandolana Meet and Membership Drive at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station yesterday, Shivakumar said the Congress will be taking out the 10-day…

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