Bengaluru,(DHNS): BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "vitiating the cordial relationship" with which his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar expressed his willingness for talks to resolve Mahadayi dispute.

Addressing a press conference soon after the failure of his talks with farmers, Yeddyurappa said it was "unprecedented" on the part of the Goa chief minister to agree for holdings talks with Karnataka on Mahadayi dispute.

Farmers have been protest ing outside the BJP headquarters in Bengaluru demanding clarity on the dispute.

"Siddaramaiah has now spoilt everything. He has vitiated the atmosphere between the two states. In fact, he has done more damage than (former Congress chief) Sonia Gandhi," Yeddyurappa said. Sonia, in an election rally in 2012 in Goa, had stated that not a single drop of Mahadayi water will be given to Karnataka."It makes no difference whether Parrikar writes to me in my capacity as party president or the chief minister. But Siddaramaiah, instead of accepting the opportunity and getting the dispute resolved, played politics. He has done irreparable damage," Yeddyurappa said.

He even accused Siddaramaiah of clandestinely asking Congress leaders in Goa to oppose holding talks with Karnataka.

"We made sincere efforts to get Mahadayi water for people of North Karnataka. We would have succeeded, but for the Congress," Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said.

Two hospitalised

Two women fell sick outside the BJP headquarters at the protest venue on Tuesday after four straight days of protest.

They were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

A city-based team of doctors has volunteered to provide first-aid and primary health care to the protesters.