Bengaluru, June 29 -- Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka has launched a sharp attack on the Congress government, alleging that it is secretly releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu despite the state facing an imminent water crisis due to weak monsoon rains.

Ashoka claimed that farmers in the Cauvery basin are once again gripped by fears of drought, while Bengaluru residents are already struggling to secure drinking water. In such a situation, he alleged, the DK Shivakumar-led government has been releasing 2,000 cusecs of water every day from the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir to Tamil Nadu for the past three days under the guise of providing drinking water.

In a strongly worded post on X, Ashoka accused the Congress of repe...