Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Dispute: The issue of Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute seems to be gaining momentum. A massive protest was planned in Karnataka’s Belagavi today amid the winter session. Despite the imposition of Section 144, members of the Maharashtra Integration Committee and the NCP staged a protest near the Kognoli toll plaza near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border over the inter-state border issue. A crowd of hundreds had reached here to protest. Police say that officials are on alert regarding the Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue.
Along with this, more than 300 members of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP were stopped at the border and sent back from the Karnataka side. Not only this, many leaders of Congress and Shiv Sena have also been taken into custody. It includes Hasan Mushrif of Congress and Kolhapur District President of Shiv Sena Vijay Devane. At the same time, the activists of the Madhyamik Maharashtra Integration Committee (MMES), which has been raising this issue for the last five decades, had also planned a protest before the winter session of 2015.
Nana Patole’s serious allegations against the central government
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole Prime Minister Narendra Modi But has accused the Center of discord, accusing it of “dividing” India. He said that the border issue is arising because of the central government. PM Modi wants to divide Maharashtra. He questioned why the leaders were not allowed to go there despite the meeting between the two Chief Ministers and Home Minister Amit Shah. This shows that the central government is behind it.
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Amit Shah held a meeting with both the Chief Ministers
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with the Chief Ministers of both the states in Delhi last week regarding this issue. After this he had said that the Chief Ministers of both the states have not agreed to suppress this border dispute until the Supreme Court decides on the matter. On the other hand, today the Chief Minister of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Said that the issue is of “Maharashtra’s pride” and the state has taken a tough stand on the issue.
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