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`Centre should expedite Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute in Supreme Court`

`Centre should expedite Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute in Supreme Court`

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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Prithviraj Chavan has stated that the border dispute between the state and Karnataka has been ongoing for a long time and urged the Centre to expedite the case in the Supreme Court. “The border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka has existed since the formation of Maharashtra in 1960. In 2000, the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, took the matter to the Supreme Court. This case has been pending for the last 25 years… People of Belagavi are being forced to speak Kannada, and the Marathi language there is gradually disappearing… We request the central government to ensure this case is heard in the Supreme Court,” Chavan told ANI. He emphasised that the people of Maharashtra would accept the court`s decision. Chavan’s remarks came days after an assault on a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus conductor in Belagavi, Karnataka, allegedly for not speaking in Marathi. According to ANI, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil condemned the assault, calling it “unfortunate.” “It is unfortunate that incidents …

Bus services between Maharashtra-Karnataka suspended as inter-state language dispute escalates

Bus services between Maharashtra-Karnataka suspended as inter-state language dispute escalates

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Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik. (File Photo) Maharashtra Mumbai News Live Updates: Maharashtra has suspended bus services to Karnataka following an attack on a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus and its driver by pro-Kannada activists in Karnataka’ Chitradurga on Saturday. According to PTI, the face of the driver was blackened during the assault. The incident provoked Shiv Sena (UBT) workers in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur who tied party flags on a Karnataka bus and painted it black. Language dispute re-surfaces: Before the attack in Chitradurga, a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus conductor was allegedly assaulted in a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi after an altercation with two students for speaking in Kannada, not Marathi. Belagavi, home to a significant population of Marathi speakers, has been the focal point of a territorial dispute between the two states.

Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Row: Delhi Meet Achieved Nothing, Favoured Karnataka Over Border Row: Uddhav Thackeray

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The MVA meeting was attended by Ajit Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan. (File) Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that nothing came out of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka over the border dispute. Speaking at a press conference after a meeting with his Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Congress and NCP, he also said it was difficult to believe that some tweets from the verified handle of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the issue were not actually posted by him. “What was achieved by yesterday’s meeting of Union home minister Amit Shah with chief ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka? It was rubbing of salt into our wounds. As always, the deliberations favoured Karnataka,” Mr Thackeray said. The former chief minister demanded to know why Karnataka holds legislature sessions in Belagavi (the north Karnataka city which is the main bone of contention between the two states) and accorded it the status of second capital when the border dispute was before the Supreme Court. ”Belagavi, Karwar, …

Uddhav Thackeray demands PM Modi clarify his stand on Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute

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Former Maharshtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Maharashtra to inaugurate Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg (Nagpur-Mumbai super communication expressway), Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday asked the former to clarify his stand on the simmering inter-State border dispute with Karnataka. Speaking at the inauguration of the 42nd Marathwada Sahitya Sammelan at Jalna, the former Chief Minister said Mr. Modi is coming for the inauguration of the expressway on Sunday, and they welcome him. “But, during his visit, Mr. Modi, should clarify his stand on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute. He will have to address a host of issues plaguing the state when he comes for the inauguration of the expressway,” he demanded. Mr. Thackeray said the Prime Minister must speak about Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s claim on some villages in Jath taluka in Sangali district in Maharashtra. The decades-old issue has hit the headlines, and reignited a protracted boundary row when Mr. Bommai announced on November 22 that his …

Devendra Fadnavis Briefs Amit Shah On Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Tussle

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Devendra Fadnavis’s office issued a statament after the phone call. Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and briefed him about developments related to the boundary dispute with Karnataka over the last one week, a period marked by public arguments between leaders of the two neighbouring states, attacks on vehicles and protests by activists. A statement from Mr Fadnavis’s office said Mr Shah patiently heard the Deputy Chief Minister’s views on Maharashtra’s stand on the decades-old boundary dispute which has flared up in the last few days, leading to tension in border areas. Mr Fadnavis also apprised Mr Shah about his telephone conversation with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday. The Deputy Chief Minister spoke to Mr Bommai following attacks on vehicles from Maharashtra entering Karnataka in the adjoining state’s border district of Belagavi. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray said the boundary dispute should be resolved amicably through talks. The bond between people of Maharashtra and Karnataka is very strong, …