Original sentence: According to the organization, its aim is "to protect the interests of Kannadigas".The group is noted for its protests regarding the Kaveri River Water Dispute, insistence on job quotas in IT companies for the native, Kannada-speaking population of Karnataka state  and demonstrations against the screening of non-Kannada films in Karnataka
Edited sentence: , that Kannada itself is a Jati (caste), a Dharma, and God.Gowda is known as the "magician uniting Kannadigas" all over Karnataka and outside Karnataka.KRV activists resorted to this in the wake of the Mayor issuing a statement to the effect that he would work towards getting Belagavi included in Maharashtra.KRV has become a household name in Karnataka after an incident involving the pouring of black paint over Belagavi Mayor Vijay More.KRV is noted for its protests regarding the Kaveri River Water Dispute, insistence on job quotas in IT companies for the native, Kannada-speaking population of Karnataka state  and demonstrations against the screening of non-Kannada films in Karnataka.KRV lays emphasis on the fact that language (and not caste or religion or diety) is the most important identity of a people, and that the development of a people is directly linked to the development of its language.KRV proudly proclaims "Kannadave Jati, Kannadave Dharma, Kannadave Devaru", i.Karnataka has been always sidelined in this issue because of the high-handedness of the British (who were ruling over the Madras Presidency) over the Maharaja of Mysore.Mayor More belongs to the Maharashtra Ekikran Samiti, an organization which aims to create a greater Maharashtra.On 04 May 2007, about 20,000 activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (coming from all the 28 districts of Karnataka) protested in New Delhi against the gazetting of the Kaveri Water Disputes Tribunal Award of 2007.The Vedike presented a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan singh explaining how the historical injustice done to Karnataka in the Kaveri water sharing issue must be stopped.The aim of KRV is to create the "Karnataka of dreams".The aim of KRV is to protect the interests of Kannada, Kannadigas and Karnataka.The stance of the Vedike is that the award comes as a death-blow to Karnataka.The two are inseperable according to the Vedike