PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
The political warmth over the inter-state border row has escalated with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hitting again at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis terming his assertion on the problem “provocative”.
“No village in Maharashtra will go to Karnataka! The state authorities will combat strongly within the Supreme Court docket to get Marathi talking villages in Karnataka together with Belgaum-Karwar-Nipani!,” mentioned Fadnavis. In a retort, Bommai, terming it a provocative assertion, mentioned: “His (Fadnavis’) dream won’t ever come true. Our authorities is dedicated to defending our state’s land, water and borders.” He additional mentioned that there was no query of giving up any area within the border districts of Karnataka. In truth, he mentioned: “Our demand is that the Kannada talking areas of Maharashtra like Solapur and Akkalkot ought to be part of Karnataka.” The dispute over Belagavi dates again to the Nineteen Sixties after the reorganisation of States on linguistic strains.
Earlier this week, the Eknath Shinde authorities in Maharashtra appointed two ministers to coordinate with the authorized crew concerning the courtroom case on the dispute set to return up within the Supreme Court docket. Bommai mentioned quickly after that the State has deployed a battery of prime legal professionals, together with Mukul Rohatgi and Shyam Diwan, to combat its case. Bommai mentioned since 2004, the Maharashtra authorities has filed a case within the Apex courtroom over the border difficulty. “Up to now they haven’t succeeded and they won’t reach future as properly. We’re geared as much as strengthen our authorized battle.”
The Karnataka CM had claimed that the Panchayats in Jath Taluka in Sangli district of Maharashtra had handed a decision up to now to merge with Karnataka when there was a extreme drought state of affairs and acute consuming water disaster, and his authorities has developed schemes to assist them by offering water. Responding to this, Fadnavis informed reporters in Nagpur on Wednesday: “These villages (in Jat Taluk) had launched a decision on the problem of water shortage in 2012. Presently, not one of the villages have launched any decision.” Karnataka has repeatedly maintained that the Mahajan Fee report on the border difficulty is remaining, and “there isn’t any query of letting go even an inch of Karnataka’s border”. Bommai reiterated this week that there isn’t any instance to point out that what had been finished underneath the States Reorganisation Act was reviewed. “The border dispute is a political instrument utilized by all events in Maharashtra. However they may by no means succeed,” he had mentioned. Shinde mentioned earlier this week: “Late Balasaheb Thackeray was at all times a staunch supporter of the state’s demand to make Belgaum (Belagavi) part of Maharashtra. Now we have concentrated our deal with fixing the problem. If required, the variety of legal professionals can be elevated”