Border row: Karnataka CM’s assertion disrespectful to Shah, made with an eye fixed on polls, says MVA

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday mentioned Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s assertion that the assembly between Maharashtra parliamentarians and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would make no distinction to the border dispute between the 2 states exhibits such feedback are pre-planned with an eye fixed on Assembly polls there.

Senior Shiv Sena ((UBT) chief and Mumbai South Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant, who was a part of the delegation that met Shah, mentioned the latter had taken critical observe of the problem and had assured he would name a gathering of the CMs of each states.

However, Bommai’s assertion exhibits he would not respect the Central authorities, Sawant mentioned, including it appears such feedback are pre-planned with an eye fixed on polls within the southern state, almost certainly to be held within the earlier a part of 2023, and has the blessings of the Centre.

“When the matter is pending in the Supreme Court, Karnataka went ahead and changed the name of Belgaum to Belagavi. It then constructed a legislature building there and holds a session of the Assembly annually. All this is illegal,” Sawant claimed.

Slamming Bommai, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Clyde Crasto mentioned, “Isn’t the statement of the Karnataka CM disrespectful to the Union home minister and our country? The BJP CM of a state openly passes a counter statement related to the Home Minister of India, who is also from the BJP. Are we missing something here?”

“Bommai used to be backed by Amit Shah. Now he is saying meeting Amit Shah is useless on the border issue! who is actually in charge here?! And will the Maharashtra government now sell our villages to their BJP neighbours after selling our projects to Gujarat,” Aam Aadmi Party chief Preeti Sharma Menon tweeted.

In a tweet on Friday, Bommai had mentioned his state’s stand was “legitimate” and its case within the apex court docket was “strong.”

“Maharashtra delegation meeting the Union Home Minister will not make any difference. Maharashtra has tried this in the past too. The case is in the Supreme Court. Our legitimate case in the Supreme Court is strong. Our government will not make any compromise on the border issue,” Bommai tweeted late on Friday evening.

“I have asked Karnataka MPs to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday regarding the Karnataka Maharashtra border issue. I will also be meeting the Union Home Minister soon to inform him about the state’s legitimate stand,” he added.
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The delegation from Maharashtra had met Shah on Friday and NCP chief Amol Kolhe, who was a part of the group, mentioned the previous would meet each CMs on December 14.

The border row had intensified earlier this week with automobiles from both facet being focused, leaders from each states weighing in, and pro-Kannada and Marathi activists being detained by police amid a tense ambiance within the border district of Belagavi.

Following this, the Karnataka and Maharashtra CMs spoke to one another over the cellphone and agreed there needs to be peace and legislation and order needs to be maintained on either side.

The border problem dates again to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic strains.

Maharashtra laid declare to Belagavi, which was a part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, because it has a sizeable Marathi-speaking inhabitants.

It additionally laid declare to 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are presently a part of Karnataka.

Karnataka maintains the demarcation accomplished on linguistic strains as per the States Reorganisation Act and the 1967 Mahajan Commission Report as last.

The dispute is pending within the Supreme court docket.

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday mentioned Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s assertion that the assembly between Maharashtra parliamentarians and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would make no distinction to the border dispute between the 2 states exhibits such feedback are pre-planned with an eye fixed on Assembly polls there.

Senior Shiv Sena ((UBT) chief and Mumbai South Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant, who was a part of the delegation that met Shah, mentioned the latter had taken critical observe of the problem and had assured he would name a gathering of the CMs of each states.

However, Bommai’s assertion exhibits he would not respect the Central authorities, Sawant mentioned, including it appears such feedback are pre-planned with an eye fixed on polls within the southern state, almost certainly to be held within the earlier a part of 2023, and has the blessings of the Centre.

“When the matter is pending in the Supreme Court, Karnataka went ahead and changed the name of Belgaum to Belagavi. It then constructed a legislature building there and holds a session of the Assembly annually. All this is illegal,” Sawant claimed.

Slamming Bommai, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Clyde Crasto mentioned, “Isn’t the statement of the Karnataka CM disrespectful to the Union home minister and our country? The BJP CM of a state openly passes a counter statement related to the Home Minister of India, who is also from the BJP. Are we missing something here?”

“Bommai used to be backed by Amit Shah. Now he is saying meeting Amit Shah is useless on the border issue! who is actually in charge here?! And will the Maharashtra government now sell our villages to their BJP neighbours after selling our projects to Gujarat,” Aam Aadmi Party chief Preeti Sharma Menon tweeted.

In a tweet on Friday, Bommai had mentioned his state’s stand was “legitimate” and its case within the apex court docket was “strong.”

“Maharashtra delegation meeting the Union Home Minister will not make any difference. Maharashtra has tried this in the past too. The case is in the Supreme Court. Our legitimate case in the Supreme Court is strong. Our government will not make any compromise on the border issue,” Bommai tweeted late on Friday evening.

“I have asked Karnataka MPs to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday regarding the Karnataka Maharashtra border issue. I will also be meeting the Union Home Minister soon to inform him about the state’s legitimate stand,” he added.ALSO READ | Centre to name K’taka & Maha CMs assembly subsequent week

The delegation from Maharashtra had met Shah on Friday and NCP chief Amol Kolhe, who was a part of the group, mentioned the previous would meet each CMs on December 14.

The border row had intensified earlier this week with automobiles from both facet being focused, leaders from each states weighing in, and pro-Kannada and Marathi activists being detained by police amid a tense ambiance within the border district of Belagavi.

Following this, the Karnataka and Maharashtra CMs spoke to one another over the cellphone and agreed there needs to be peace and legislation and order needs to be maintained on either side.

The border problem dates again to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic strains.

Maharashtra laid declare to Belagavi, which was a part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, because it has a sizeable Marathi-speaking inhabitants.

It additionally laid declare to 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are presently a part of Karnataka.

Karnataka maintains the demarcation accomplished on linguistic strains as per the States Reorganisation Act and the 1967 Mahajan Commission Report as last.

The dispute is pending within the Supreme court docket.