Maharashtra Dy CM Fadnavis talks robust: ‘Not a single village will go to Karnataka’

Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute: The continued border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka has intensified with fireworks from each side up to now two days. The newest spherical started after Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday claimed that panchayats in Jat tehsil of Maharashtra had handed a decision up to now to merge with Karnataka and that he was severely contemplating it.

Bommai’s remarks triggered offended reactions from the Maharashtra authorities with cupboard minister Shambhuraj Desai saying that he shouldn’t be taken severely. 

Immediately, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis additionally made it clear that his authorities will not let any village go to Karnataka. “Not a single Maharashtra village will go to Karnataka,” he stated. “The state authorities will take the struggle to get Marathi-speaking villages together with Belgaum-Karwar-Nipani too to our state,” Fadnavis stated whereas chatting with reporters.

Fadnavis additionally stated that the Jat decision was handed in 2012. “It’s an outdated proposal. We’ve not acquired any new proposal from Karnataka,” he stated.

Bommai on Tuesday stated that his authorities has determined to present particular grants to Kannada medium colleges in Maharashtra. He additionally stated that his authorities will give pensions to Kannadigas in Maharashtra who fought for the unification of the state. This got here after Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde promised pension to freedom fighters of Belagavi and different components of Karnataka.

On Monday, Bommai stated that he has shaped a authorized workforce of senior attorneys from the Supreme Courtroom and Karnataka to cope with the border dispute case when it comes up earlier than the highest courtroom. A day later, the Maharashtra authorities appointed cupboard members Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai as nodal ministers to coordinate with the authorized workforce relating to the case.

Immediately, Desai stated Bommai has provide you with some ridiculous outdated demand and shouldn’t be taken severely. He stated the villages in Jat tehsil of Sangli district had reportedly handed a decision greater than a decade again to pressurise the then state authorities to handle their demand for water provide for irrigation from the Krishna river.

The origin of the present border dispute dates again to the Fifties. Maharashtra claims rights on over 865 villages alongside the border, together with Carvar, Nippani, and Belagavi. Karnataka, however, has repeatedly rejected this declare and desires 260 Kannada-speaking villages in Maharashtra to be merged with it. 

(With inputs from PTI)