Tamil Nadu has decided to knock at Supreme Court's door with a contempt petition against Karnataka for "unilaterally" stopping release of water to it.
The Cauvery row hotted up on Tuesday with Tamil Nadu deciding to knock Supreme Court's doors with a contempt petition for "unilateral" stoppage of water by Karnataka which rejected the charge of violating court order.
A day after Karnataka's action, the Jayalalithaa Government accused the upper riparian state of "unilaterally" stopping water release, saying it amounted to dishnouring the apx court order and impeding the country's federal structure.
Tamil Nadu's decision to intensify the legal battle came at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa even as protests showed signs of subsiding in Karnataka after water discharge was stopped citing depleted storage.
Karnataka last night stopped water release from the Krishna Raja Sagar dam, hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear only the Cauvery River Authority can review its order directing the state to release 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu.
Rejecting Tamil Nadu's contention, Karnataka asserted that it has not committed contempt of court.
"There is no contempt of court. Karnataka's senior counsel Fali S Nariman yesterday brought to the Supreme Court's notice that the state is not in a position to release more water to Tamil Nadu", Shettar told reporters in Bangalore on his return from Delhi.
Shettar said he could not get an appointment with the Prime Minister with whom he wanted to plead for an early review of the CRA decision.
Meanwhile, UPA came under pressure from its key ally DMK with its chief M Karunanidhi virtually demanding imposition of Central rule in Karnataka state so that it served as a lesson to any "stone-hearted" regime on inter-state issues.
"All I request the Prime Minister is, (he) should come to a conclusion on using Article 356 (relating to President's rule) against Karnataka to ensure that the people of both the states uphold integrity and sovereignity in a spirit of brotherhood," Karunanidhi said in a statement.
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