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Border row: ‘Jai Maharashtra’ written on Karnataka buses; Shinde, Bommai Discussion Status | 10 points

December 6, 2022
Bharat Times

Last Update: December 07, 2022, 00:02 IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (left), Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde (right)

The visit of two Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to Belagavi was postponed after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai advised them not to enter.

The ongoing border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra intensified on Tuesday, with several Karnataka buses being vandalized in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, and similarly those in Kolhapur being smeared with black ink at the Belagavi border. Activists of several organizations from both the states were detained by the police for allegedly vandalizing some vehicles and seeking permits to enter the disputed area in Belagavi.

The visit of two Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to Belagavi was postponed after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai advised them not to enter. Meanwhile, Bommai had a telephonic conversation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde regarding the border dispute.

Here are some key highlights:

  1. The chief ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Eknath Shinde and Basavaraj Bommai, respectively, had a telephonic conversation on the issue of the border dispute. Following this, CM Bommai took to Twitter and said that both the counterparts have agreed to “maintain peace and law and order”. However, he said that his stand on the matter is still the same, and the matter will be taken to the Supreme Court.
  2. NCP leader Sharad Pawar addresses media briefing on Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute. He said he was worried about what was happening in the disputed area of ​​Belagavi and said Marathi people in Belagavi were living in a “terrorist” environment. “People from there (Belagavi) often come in contact with me and what I am hearing is worrying. If the attacks on vehicles from Maharashtra do not stop in the next 24 hours, then CM Bommai of Karnataka will be responsible for this.
  3. Activists of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) claimed to have painted at least four Karnataka State Transport Corporation buses in Pune district during separate protests. He also wrote “Jai Maharashtra” on these buses. PTI said the report. A local leader of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction confirmed that they sprayed black and orange paint on at least three buses in Swargate area of ​​Pune city.
  4. The Maharashtra government had directed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to visit Belagavi to address the border issue, but now their schedule has been cancelled. Patil and Desai were appointed as the coordinating ministers for the issue Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cautioned the ministers to avoid traveling to Belagavi.
  5. according to a times of India As per reports, 10 gram panchayats of Akkalkot tehsil of Solapur district passed resolutions in their gram sabhas to accede to Karnataka and sought a no-objection from the Maharashtra government through a petition submitted through Solapur’s collector’s office.
  6. Kannada activists protesting against the proposed visit of Maharashtra ministers blocked vehicles coming from Maharashtra at Hirebagewadi toll in Belagavi. Activists stopped lorries and hoisted Kannada flags. They also pelted stones and damaged the rear windows. Police tried to prevent further damage and dispersed the activists.
  7. Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai recently demanded the merger of “Kannada-speaking” areas in Maharashtra’s Akkalkot and Solapur and also said that some villages in the Jat taluka of Sangli district wanted to join the southern state.
  8. According to reports, Kollapura Shiv Sena district president Vijay Devane was stopped from entering Karnataka at the Nippani border. He and his supporters raised slogans against the Maharashtra ministers who could not come to Belagavi today. Heavy police security was provided by both Karnataka and Belagavi police in the border area.
  9. In a show of strength, pro-Kannada organizations on Tuesday held a demonstration in Belagavi, the border town at the center of a dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra, against the proposed visit of a ministerial delegation from the neighboring state.
  10. The Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue dates back to the 1957 reorganization of states on linguistic lines. Maharashtra laid claim to Belagavi, which was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, because it has a sizeable Marathi-speaking population. It also laid claim to 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are currently part of Karnataka.

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