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“We have also decided to appeal the matter in the Supreme Court and our legal team comprising Mohan Katarki, Fali Nariman and our advocate general will guide us through it,” Shivakumar added.
At present, with copious rains, water levels in the four dams on the Cauvery in Karnataka are much higher than the corresponding levels last year. While the Kabini dam has almost reached full capacity, the Krishnaraja Sagar, Harangi and Hemavathi have reached levels much higher than the previous years.
The all-party meeting was attended by many MPs and MLAs, including state Bharatiya Janata Party chief BS Yeddyurappa.But former chief minister and chairman of the Congress-JD(S) government’s coordination committee Siddaramaiah gave the meet a miss, even though his son and first-time MLA Yathindra was present, leading to a fresh round of speculation that all was not well in the coalition government.
Shivakumar said the former chief minister, who is also the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, had communicated his inability to attend the meet to the leaders on Friday. “He had told us he had prior commitments and, hence, could not make it,” he said. money laundering, especially in respect of UN designated and internationally proscribed terror entities and individuals.”
“The freedom and impunity with which designated terrorists like Hafiz Saed and entities like Jamaat-Ud-Dawaa, Lashkar-eTayabba, Jaish-e-Mohammed continue to operate in Pakistan is not in keeping with such commitments,” Kumar said.
Pakistan was formally placed on the FATF ‘grey list’ on June 27 for failing to curb anti-terror financing despite its diplomatic efforts to avert the decision. Pakistan has been included in the list of countries along with Ethiopia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Yemen.
The decision was taken at the plenary session of FATF in Paris.
The global watchdog had reportedly recommended an action plan for Pakistan to counter terror financing and the body is likely to review its implementation after a few months.