Karnataka Dy CM seeks UT standing to Mumbai, after Maha CM seeks related standing to frame areas

Image Source : FACEBOOK Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday mentioned Mumbai needs to be made a part of the state and urged the Centre to declare it a Union Territory till then, as he hit again at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for raking up the border situation with the same demand.
“We condemn the Maharashtra CM’s assertion. The Mahajan report is ultimate. We are assured that issues can be in our favour within the Supreme Court too.
The demand of the folks of our area is that we’ve got been a part of Mumbai-Karnataka (area), so we too have our proper on Mumbai,” Savadi informed reporters.
From now on, he mentioned the folks would begin demanding that Mumbai needs to be made a part of Karnataka as they too had a share in it.
“Until it (Mumbai) is made part of Karnataka, I urge the central government to make it a union territory,” the DCM mentioned in response to a query on repeated raking up of the border situation.
“With us now demanding Mumbai, things may get fine,” he mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Thackeray had mentioned that areas dominated by Marathi-speaking folks on the state’s border with Karnataka needs to be declared as a Union Territory until the Supreme Court offers its ultimate verdict on the difficulty.
Ramesh Jarkiholi, Minister-in-charge of Belagavi district, which borders Maharashtra, mentioned Thackeray had raked up the border situation to divert public consideration from the ‘failures’ of his authorities.

“…Don’t give much importance to what he says. Uddhav Thackeray has failed at all levels. So he is trying to rake up the emotive border issue and trying to divert public attention,” he mentioned.
Minister for Women and Child Development Shashikala Jolle, who additionally hails from the Belagavi district, mentioned Thackeray has no proper to discuss Belagavi.
“We are not sitting quietly here with our hands tied. We are people of Karnataka…the soil of Kannada has nurtured us…if the issue is raked up repeatedly, we will give a befitting reply,” she mentioned.
The Minister identified that Belagavi is the land the place Kittur Rani Chennamma had led an armed revolt in opposition to the British for freedom.
Thackeray had on January 17 too mentioned his authorities is dedicated in the direction of incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka the place Marathi-speaking individuals are in majority.
Maharashtra claims sure areas, together with Belagavi, Karwar, and Nippani that are a part of Karnataka, contending nearly all of the inhabitants in these areas is Marathi-speaking.
On its half, as an assertion that Belagavi is an integral a part of the state, Karnataka has constructed the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, modeled on the Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat in Bengaluru, the place the legislature session is held yearly. 
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