Panaji , (DHNS): In a stinging attack on Amit Shah, who has promised a solution to the long-standing Mahadayi river water sharing dispute, the Goa unit of Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the BJP president was acting like a "kangaroo court" and "delivering a verdict" on the issue without any authority.

A kangaroo court is a court without judicial powers which conducts unfair trials in disregard for law.

Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Monday, Shah had said the BJP would solve the dispute between Goa and Karnataka if voted to power.

"Shah's statement is completely against the wishes of Goans and he seems to have taken us for granted. We have to know who has given the authority to Shah, who belongs to Gujarat, to decide about our water," Sena spokesperson Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik said.

When the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal is already hearing the petition, how can Shah act like a "kangaroo court?" she asked.

"We are strongly against the diversion of the Mahadayi river water as it would adversely affect our life in Goa. Under these circumstances, Shah is merely bluffing the people of Karnataka," said Naik.

The Sena is part of the ruling coalitions led by the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra. However, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has been sulking over what it calls "unfair treatment" meted out to it by the BJP, and routinely takes potshots at its leaders.

Karnataka is seeking 7.56 tmcft water for Kalasa-Banduri Nala project, to improve drinking water supply to Hubballi-Dharwad and districts of Belagavi and Gadag.