Situation that has emerged in Karnataka  Tamil Nadu, as a fallout of issue of distribution of waters of Cauvery River, is distressfulI am personally pained at the developments, he said in a statement
कावेरी नदीच्या पाण्याच्या वाटपावरून कर्नाटक आणि तमिळनाडूमध्ये उद्‌भवलेली परिस्थिती अतिशय दु:खद आहे.