hubballibengaluruhaveri reaffirming his intent to solve the mahadayi issue chief minister siddaramaiah on sunday said he was always ready for talks with the riparian statesi have even sent a letter seeking an appointment with the goa cm to hold talks after he expressed willingness to solve the issue through a letter to bjp state president b s yeddyurappa he said after inaugurating development works worth rs 125 crore in hubballisiddaramaiah said he has asked goa cm manohar parrikar to file an affidavit at the mahadayi river disputes tribunal giving his consent for an outoftribunal solution and his nod to release 756 tmc ft of drinking water to karnataka the cm said as per protocol parrikar should have communicated with him but he chose to inform yeddyurappa about his willingness to solve the issuethis letter carries no value at the tribunal and itll not become a valid document though protocol has been violated i did not make it a prestige issue instead i immediately wrote a letter to parrikar seeking an appointment however he has still not given an appointment and has said that hed hold talks when yeddyurappa becomes cm after assembly election the cm claimedsiddaramaiah said bjp leaders are politicizing the issue to gain popular support i promise yeddyurappa will never become cm why should people make him the cm as cm he looted the state and went to jail he saidin haveri reacting to protest by farmers near bjp state head office in bengaluru yeddyurappa said if mahadayi agitators are fighting for an honest cause they have to take their agitation to the cms residenceas i am not the cm i cannot do more in this issue goa congress president refused to settle the issue amicably and their leaders are being provoked by siddaramaiah and other congress leaders in karnataka i honestly convinced parikkar he addedbjp claims the protesters are being instigated by navalgund jdsmla kone reddi with congress backing the party says most of the farmers are affiliated to the jds and come from gadag a constituency held by rdpr minister h k patilwhen yeddyurappa was in gadag which is just 2025km from naragund and navalgund why did they have to go to bengaluru to protest asked a bjp party workermeanwhile farmers continued their protest seeking a concrete response from yeddyurappa the man had claimed that hed resolve the mahadayi issue by december 15 till date there has been no concrete resolution let him come and face us tell us that he has been unable to resolve the issue we will go to the cms office if required but first let yeddyurappa admit that he cannot resolve the issue and clarify what value parrikars letter holds said shankar ambali state secretary for raitha sena which is staging the protest in bengaluruportable toilets and food the 100odd farmers who are staging a dayandnight protest in front of the bjp state head office say they are being treated well in the city despite them agitating against the bjp