Senior Supreme Court advocate Brijesh Kalappa has resigned from the post of legal adviser to the state government.

Instead, he will be representing Karnataka in the Supreme Court in the Cauvery river dispute cases. “I am associated with Cauvery water dispute for over a decade...The final argument will commence on day-to-day basis from February 7 in the Supreme Court. As legal adviser (with minister of state rank) I could not appear on behalf of the state (sic),” he stated in a statement to the media.
Kalappa is also a Congress spokesperson.