Despite their differences, the three major political parties - BJP, Congress and JD(S) - on Saturday put up a unified front on the issue of Cauvery river water dispute with Tamil Nadu.

At an all-party meeting convened at Vidhana Soudha, they unanimously decided to debate the formation of the Cauvery Management Committee and the Cauvery Regulatory Authority by the centre at the upcoming Parliamentary session in New Delhi. The three parties also unified in giving the state government the green light for filing an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the formation of the two bodies and the scheme of dividing the water.