6 Maharashtra vans attacked on their entry in Karnataka

On Tuesday, the continued border problem between Maharashtra and Karnataka escalated as six vans ferrying items from Maharashtra had been attacked by members of Kannada Rakshana Vedike upon getting into Karnataka through Belagavi district. Around 400 Vedike activists protested and pelted stones on the automobiles close to Hirebagewadi, some 24 kilometres from Belagavi.

This follows the Karnataka authorities’s orders prohibiting the Maharashtra ministry delegation from getting into the state. After the violence, the Karnataka officers arrested Karnataka Rakshana Vedike president Narayan Gowda, and lots of of different employees. The activists clambered onto the vans and chanted anti-Maharashtra slogans. They additionally eliminated the license plates of the automobiles and painted them black.

#WATCH | Karnataka: Police detain employees of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, at Hire Bagewadi in Belagavi, after they pelted stones on a truck and stopped vans which had registration carried out in Maharashtra. They additionally staged a sit-in protest. pic.twitter.com/FdNZ6sfdsW

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The protesters in the meantime additionally climbed on the police automobiles and waved Kannada flags as they shouted slogans in opposition to the Maharashtra Ministers. According to the stories, the Karnataka Police banned Kannada activists from getting into Belagavi metropolis to protect legislation and order as Maharashtra ministers cancelled their go to to the state.

The activists then staged a protest on the Hire Bagewadi toll gate after police denied them to allow entry into Belagavi. Over 400 Vedike activists travelled from Dharwad to Belagavi on practically 100 automobiles to stage protests amid the continued Maharashtra-Karnataka border problem. “This is not a one-day agitation. The government is using the police force to nip our struggle. We will teach a lesson to the government. We will discuss laying siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha when the winter session will be held,” Narayan Gowda stated throughout the protest.

KRV President Narayan Gowda detained by Police (Image Source- ABP News)

The states, of Maharashtra and Karnataka, had been each established in 1960. However, Maharashtra has maintained that 865 villages alongside the boundary, together with Carvar, Nippani, and Belgavi (previously Belgaum), needs to be amalgamated with it since its institution. Karnataka, on its facet, has claimed management over 260 Kannada-speaking villages alongside the Maharashtra boundary.

Taking cognizance of the occasion, Maharashtra Dy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed anguish on Tuesday and referred to as Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai. He requested CM Bommai to look into the matter and take quick motion within the case. “Bommai has assured strict action against the culprits and that vehicles coming from Maharashtra will be protected. He assured me that immediate action would be taken and that the state would never support such activists amid the border dispute,” Fadnavis stated including that he would write to Home Minister Amit Shah to look into the matter.

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Meanwhile, stories emerged saying that Shiv Sena employees (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) from Maharashtra had vandalized a few Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses that had been parked close to Pune’s Swargate bus terminal. The Pune City Police arrested seven Sena employees after the incident on December 6. When requested concerning the incident, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis stated that ‘every action had the equal and opposite reaction.’ He additionally requested the activists in Maharashtra to take care of legislation and order and keep away from partaking in such acts.

Earlier on Monday, Bommai had stated that regardless of Karnataka asking the Maharashtra authorities to not let ministers go to the district, that they had gone forward and carried out so and it was not the best factor to do. “No one can stop our ministers from visiting any state in this free nation. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will announce the final decision on the issue,” Fadnavis was quoted saying on Tuesday night.

In Belagavi, safety has been strengthened on all roadways bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka, and over 1,000 cops have been posted at 21 border checkpoints and villages.