hall in order to maintain the law and order situation in the state.

Pro-Kannada outfits coming out in trucks to protest over Mahadayi water dispute. Normal life is partially affected; schools are shut, Wipro and Infosys have declared a holiday for its employees. (Image: Network18)

BJP National President Amit Shah will address Parivartana Yatre today at 2:30 pm in Mysore, Karnataka. Pro-Kannada outfits have called for a Karnataka bandh today when Shah will address a rally in Mysuru and a Bengaluru bandh on February 4, the day PM Modi arrives in the city to address a public meeting.

Infosys has also given its employees a holiday. They haven't been asked to work from home either. Earlier in the day, Wipro has declared a holiday for employees as a precautionary measure, reportsCNN-News18's Stacy Pereira

In a tit-for-tat move to the bandh during visits of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, the party's state unit today decided to observe district specific shutdown during Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's state tour. Gandhi will kick-start his campaign for the upcoming assembly polls on February 10. "We have decided that when Rahul Gandhi comes to Karnataka, we will call for a complete bandh in those districts he will be visiting,"BJP state President B S Yeddyurappa said in Madikeri. BJP has termed as "politically motivated" a call for a Karnataka bandh tomorrow and Bengaluru bandh on February 4 by pro-Kannada outfits demanding the Prime Minister's mediation inthe inter-state Mahadayi river water dispute with Goa.

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