Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy has asked the Congress-led government in Karnataka to clarify its stance on the release of Cauvery water. This comes as farmers in the state are wrestling with a water crisis. Kumaraswamy questioned why the Karnataka government should satisfy the "dictates" of the Cauvery Water Management Board when farmers desperately need irrigation. In contrast, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai vowed that Tamil Nadu would fight for "every drop" of the river. T