Karnataka govt. to call special legislature session on Kasturirangan report

Reiterating Karnataka’s opposition to the Kasturirangan report, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday announced a special session of the legislature to discuss the consequences of implementing the report and pass a resolution in this regard.“The Centre has notified the draft, and we have to file our objection. The draft notification has shocked us. We will call a special session, pass a resolution against it and send it to the Centre,” Mr. Shivakumar told presspersons here.Pointing to an earlier Cabinet decision of September 2024 that rejected the report, he said: “Under the Siddaramaiah-led government, the Cabinet had rejected it. It was not considered by the Centre and it has now unilaterally notified the draft.”In Karnataka, according to him, livelihood and farming will be affecte