Together with his state at odds with Maharashtra but once more over the festering border dispute, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday got here down closely on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, saying as a substitute of constructing hole statements, he ought to impress on Union Residence Minister Amit Shah to come back out with a public assertion on the border dispute and settle the difficulty as soon as and for all.
“Not shocked that (the) CM is merely doing lip service with hole statements. If he really means to not cede an inch of Karnataka to Maharashtra, he ought to instantly take an all-party delegation to Delhi and let Residence Minister give a public assurance on the matter,” DK Shivakumar mentioned in a tweet, in response to the chief minister’s assertion on the difficulty.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Chief Minister Bommai reiterated that not an iota of land can be bartered to Maharashtra.
He added that Karnataka was assured of getting justice because the states have been carved out and organised on the premise of the States Reorganisation Act,1956.
Chatting with reporters, the Karnataka Congress president additional made plain his displeasure over the CM’s assertion, saying if he needed to take stringent motion on the difficulty, he would have executed it by now.
“Had CM Bommai walked the speak about not even goving up on an inch of Karnatak’s territory, he would not taken resolute steps in that course by now,” Shivakumar mentioned.
The Maharashtra Meeting, on Tuesday, unanimously handed a decision moved by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the border dispute with Karnataka.
What’s of observe amid the border tussle is that each states are at the moment underneath BJP rule, with neither chief minister keen to blink or settle.
With Karnataka set to go for the Meeting elections subsequent yr and the ruling Balasahedanchi Shiv Sena and the BJP coalition dealing with warmth from the Opposition on the festering border row, neither authorities needs to finish up on the mistaken aspect of a compromise over the difficulty.
The border decision, which was handed unanimously by the Maharashtra Meeting, says the state will battle the case within the Supreme Courtroom with full power, searching for the inclusion of each inch of 865 disputed villages, together with Belgavi, Karwar, Nipani, Bidar and Bhalki on the Karnataka border.
The decision additionally condemned the Karnataka administration for its anti-Marathi stand within the border space.