PTI, BENGALURU/CHENNAI: A defiant Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said today he was prepared to nominate the state's representatives on the Cauvery Water Management Authority but not before the concerns raised by him were addressed, a day after he pitched for parliamentary approval to set up the CWMA.

Political parties in Tamil Nadu reacted sharply to Kumaraswamy's remarks on the issue, accusing him of trying to "sow seeds for a new problem and confusion" and attempting to score "a few political brownie points".

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, a day after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on the contentious Cauvery water sharing issue, Kumaraswamy questioned the Centre's action of notifying the CWMA through a gazette notification before obtaining parliamentary approval for it.

"As per laws pertaining to inter-state water dispute, it is for Parliament to give approval to form the Authority, but the central government issued a gazette notification without debating it in the House," he said.

In its June 1 notification, the Water Resources Ministry had said it has framed a scheme constituting the Authority and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to give effect to the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as modified by the Supreme Court order.

Karnataka, Kumaraswamy said, will abide by the Supreme Court order relating to the sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, and was even prepared to send the names of its nominees for the panel "but not before the technical issues raised by me are addressed".