Chennai, 22/3: Asserting that southern states won’t allow their voices to be “diluted”, resources “looted”, and cultures “erased”, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said Karnataka will join hands with all progressive states to fight in the courts, in Parliament, and on the streets” to protect their political representation which is threatened by delimitation.
In his speech at the JAC meeting here, Shivakumar also made it clear that issues between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, in a veiled reference to Mekedatu and Cauvery, won’t come in the way of the two states fighting for their just rights and prevent from being penalised by the Union Government for implementing well the national goal of population control.