Janata Dal (Secular) Chief and former Prime Minister, HD Deve Gowda got emotional during his recent press conference addressing the contentious Cauvery water-sharing issue. Gowda said, “I have made an appeal to the PM on the prevailing situation. In my letter to the PM, I wrote that the Jal Shakti department should file a review petition and a committee of experts should be sent to Karnataka to study the water and standing crop situation.” The ongoing Cauvery conflict between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has escalated in recent times. This escalation began when farmer groups in Karnataka initiated protests against the transfer of water to Tamil Nadu. Their contention is that the state’s reservoirs are currently experiencing water scarcity due to inadequate rainfall in the Cauvery basin during this year.