Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj demanded interim compensation of Rs 25,000 crore from centre for compensation of losses of properties and crops due rain and floods in the North Karnataka region.
Vatal Nagaraj staged a demonstration before Suvarna Vidhan Soudha on Friday demanding compensation for the losses suffered.
He demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the flood affected areas of the state on the same lines as he visits other states during nature's fury and release interim compensation of Rs 25,000 crore.
Nagaraj raised slogans in support of the demands. He was detained by the police and later released.
(Published 16 October 2020, 11:12 IST)
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