Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue: CM Bommai said, it is not appropriate for ministers to go to Belagavi

 

• Maharashtra ministers are planning to visit Belagavi on 6th December. That's why CM Bommai has warned the ministers to avoid traveling to Belagavi. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has advised Maharashtra ministers not to visit Belagavi due to the border dispute between the two states. "In view of the current situation between the two states regarding the border dispute, it is not appropriate for ministers from Maharashtra to visit Belagavi," the Karnataka chief secretary said in a fax message. 

Maharashtra ministers are planning to visit Belagavi on 6th December. That's why CM Bommai has warned the ministers to avoid traveling to Belagavi. 

He said, 'When there is such a situation between the two states, it is not appropriate for them to come. We have already sent a message that don't come. The Chief Minister of Karnataka said, we will take the same action which was taken by the Government of Karnataka when such attempts have been made many times before. 

The Maharashtra government has directed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to go to Belagavi to resolve the border issue. Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai have been appointed as coordinating ministers for the Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue. 

Patil and Desai's visit to Belagavi has been postponed till December 6. The meeting was to be held on 3 December. 

Their tour has been postponed on the request of the Belagavi Ambedkar organization and both will reach Belagavi on December 6, the death anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar. 

Belgaum or Belagavi is currently a part of Karnataka but is claimed by Maharashtra. Several untoward incidents took place in Belagavi after the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute escalated. 

Earlier during a cultural program at Belagavi's Gogate College, a student dancing with the Kannada flag was thrashed by his classmates, leading to a tense atmosphere. 

Yesterday, pro-Kannada organizations blocked a road on the highway in Belagavi. They set tires on fire and raised slogans against Maharashtra. Presently the situation there is like a pit covered with ashes. 

Maharashtra, since its formation in 1960, has been embroiled in a dispute with Karnataka over the status of Belgaum (also known as Belagavi) district and 80 other Marathi-speaking villages, which are under the control of the southern state. 

According to media reports, the long-running Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute began in 1953, when the Maharashtra government objected to the inclusion of 865 villages, including Belagavi. The villages are spread across Belagavi and the north-western and north-eastern regions of Karnataka - all bordering Maharashtra. After the enactment of the States Reorganization Act of 1956, the Government of Maharashtra sought readjustment of its boundary with Karnataka. 

After this, a four-member committee was formed from both the states. The Maharashtra government had expressed its desire to transfer 260 predominantly Kannada-speaking villages, but this was turned down by Karnataka. Now, both the Karnataka and Maharashtra governments have approached the Supreme Court to expedite the matter. 

Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Dispute: 

The Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute is a perennial issue that comes to the fore almost every year, leading to heated rhetoric and sub-nationalism on both sides. 

The border dispute started after the reorganization of states on linguistic basis in 1957. Maharashtra laid claim to Belagavi, which was then part of the Bombay Presidency, because it had a sizeable population of Marathi-speaking people. It also laid claim to 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are currently part of Karnataka. 

Karnataka maintains that the demarcation done on linguistic basis as per the Act and the Mahajan Commission report of 1967 is final. 

And, as a claim that Belagavi is an integral part of the state, Karnataka has built the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, modeled on the seat of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, and a legislature session is held there once a year. Is. 

Parallel to the legislature session, 'Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti' (MES), fighting for the merger of 800-odd villages with Maharashtra in the border areas of Belagavi, organized 'Marathi Mahamelav', a show of strength at the border. City. 

The 800-odd villages are spread across Belagavi and the north-western and north-eastern regions of Karnataka - all bordering Maharashtra. Both the Karnataka and Maharashtra governments have approached the Supreme Court to expedite the matter.