Mysuru: It was a mixed response in city this morning for the State-wide bandh called by several pro-Kannada outfits under the umbrella “Kannada Okkoota” demanding the Prime Minister's intervention in the inter-State Mahadayi river water dispute with Goa. One of the prominent outcomes of the bandh is that there were no KSRTC bus services, breaking the back of city, inter-State, inter-city and rural transport. Today’s bandh is also a matter of prestige for the Congress and the BJP. While the Congress is indirectly supporting the bandh though it has denied instigating it, the BJP wants to foil it at any cost as its National President Amit Shah is arriving in Mysuru today at 3 pm to participate in the Parivartana Rally organised by the Karnataka unit. Calling the bandh as State- sponsored, the BJP activists were gearing up to mobilize tens of thousands of people for the afternoon rally at Maharaja’s College Grounds. Special buses and vehicles have been hired to ferry people to the rally from districts and taluk headquarters.
