Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said the protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will continue

“Large water bodies (>2 hectares) are leased to cooperative societies to enable scalable operations, risk-sharing, and better governance”

The Chief Minister also approved formation of a command and control centre for the protection of State’s forests and wildlife

Maintaining that the project was being pursued within the legal framework laid down by courts and statutory authorities, the Minister said Karnataka would utilise any opportunity for dialogue to resolve the issue amicably