PMK founder S. Ramadoss has appealed to the Karnataka government to provide protection to Tamils living in Karnataka and also arrest those who attacked a student for allegedly posting a derogatory comment about Kannada actors who had supported Karnataka’s position on the Cauvery dispute on Facebook. “The youngster, Santhosh, had posted about how there was justice for Tamil Nadu on the issue and hence no actor from Tamil Nadu had protested unlike actors in Karnataka. Some people in Karnataka saw this post and attacked him for that,” Dr. Ramadoss said in a statement. Pointing out that the two States had no other dispute other than the Cauvery water issue, he said that people from Tamil Nadu lived in Karnataka and those from Karnataka were living in Tamil Nadu peacefully. “There are reports that the Prime Minister told Deve Gowda that he won’t interfere in the Cauvery water issue.

Source: The Hindu September 11, 2016 22:07 UTC