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Shinde said his government will ensure that Marathi-speaking people living in villages and towns of Karnataka bordering Maharashtra do not face any injustice at the hands of the authorities (File photo/PTI)
The border issue dates back to the reorganization of states on linguistic basis in 1957. Maharashtra laid claim to the Belagavi district of Karnataka, which was part of the then Bombay Presidency, because of its sizeable Marathi-speaking population.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday assured the Legislative Assembly that his government would not allow any injustice to people living in Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka and asserted that it would resolve the long-standing border dispute with the neighboring state. Willing to resolve as soon as possible. ,
He said senior advocate Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India, has agreed to fight the state’s legal case in the Supreme Court on the decades-old border dispute with Karnataka.
Making a statement in the lower house, Shinde said, “It (border dispute) is a sensitive issue and the state is keen to resolve it at the earliest.” The state government had requested eminent lawyer Harish Salve to represent Maharashtra in the ongoing case in the Supreme Court and he has agreed to the same.
“After discussing the boundary issue with Union Home Minister Amit Shah (in December), both the states were asked to nominate three ministers from each side (to discuss the matter). Their meeting will happen soon. The Maharashtra government has also asked Karnataka to withdraw all police cases registered against people living in the disputed area (over the agitation related to the border dispute).
Shinde said his government would ensure that Marathi-speaking people living in villages and towns in Karnataka bordering Maharashtra do not face any injustice at the hands of authorities in the southern state.
The border issue dates back to the reorganization of states on linguistic basis in 1957. Maharashtra laid claim to Karnataka’s Belagavi district, which was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, because it has a sizeable Marathi-speaking population.
Maharashtra also lays claim to 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are currently part of the southern state. Karnataka, however, considers the demarcation done on linguistic basis as per the States Reorganization Act and the 1967 Mahajan Commission Report as final.
Shinde said the state government has increased the pension given to those who fought for a separate Maharashtra state from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per month.
The chief minister said people living in disputed areas with Karnataka would also benefit from the subsidy given to schools and other recognized institutions and from the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Arogya Yojana, which includes various medical treatments.
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