New Delhi, March 21 -- Karnataka is bracing for a state-wide bandh on Saturday, March 22. Around 3,000 pro-Kannada organisations will reportedly lead the protest on Saturday. The bandh will coincide with the Karnataka government's launch of month-long conservation campaign on March 22, which is World Water Day.

The state-wide bandh may be observed from 6 am to 6 pm on Saturday, March 22.

Karnataka bandh was called after a group of Marathi youth assaulted bus conductor Mahadev near Sulebhavi-Balekundri in Belagavi on February 21. The conductor had reportedly asked a passenger to speak in Kannada, which escalated tensions.

The protest will be led by activist Vatal Nagaraj, who is the president of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha.

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