The Belagavi police have elevated deployment of safety personnel within the border district after receiving inputs that Shiv Sena activists from Maharashtra will probably be allegedly holding a protest forward of Karnataka Rajyotsava (state formation day) on November 1, a police official within the know of matter stated on Sunday.
In keeping with the police, the safety has been beefed up in Belagavi after the intelligence businesses obtained an enter that Maharashtra Shiv Sena activists are anticipated to reach in border district to watch ‘Black Day’ on Karnataka formation day to register their disappointment for not together with Belagavi and different Marathi-speaking locations of the state inside Maharashtra.
As per the intelligence inputs, two factions, the Uddhav Thackeray-led one and the Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena have already despatched their cadre throughout the border, an official stated.
“Lots of of Shiva Sainiks from Kolhapur and different elements of Maharashtra and Nippani taluk in Karnataka will take part in a car-bike rally to Belagavi from the samadhi place of Rajashree Shahu Maharaj in Kolhapur at 10 am on Monday,” the Thackeray-led faction’s Kolhapur district president Vijay Devane stated whereas speaking to the reporters in Kolhapur on Sunday.
The district administration has pressed heavy police power to stop the entry of the Shiv Sena activists not solely on the Pune-Bengaluru nationwide freeway and the state border at Shinnolli but additionally close to different village roads which hyperlink to Belagavi.
“The rally will enter Karnataka from Koganoli checkpoint on Pune-Bengaluru nationwide freeway as effectively from Shinnoli checkpoint in Karnataka close to Uchagoan, about 13km from Belagavi city by 3 pm and participate within the subsequent day occasions. No energy can cease us from coming into Karnataka, we are going to present our energy on November 1. Allowed or not, we will probably be there in Belagoan to watch ‘Kaala Din’,” Devane stated.
Belagavi’s Shiv Sena president (Thackeray faction) Prakash Shirolkar stated, “The Belagavi Shiv Sena just isn’t divided into Shinde and Thackeray teams so far as the border and curiosity of Marathis in Karnataka is worried.”
Reacting to the developments, former Belagavi rural MLA Sanjay Patil who can also be the BJP district president stated: “Karnataka BJP has maintained its distance from Maharashtra BJP which has supported pro-Maharashtrians in its border struggle and the black day.”
In the meantime, the police have given a conditional permission to Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) for its bike rally and public assembly in Belagavi south on October 31 evening, previous to Rajyostava.
Belagavi police commissioner Boralingaiah stated: “The police division will be certain that the Karnataka Rajyostava programme and processions are easily carried out by deploying further police power… we won’t spare the difficulty makers who attempt to spoil the ambiance of celebration right here”.
The district administration has organized for the Rajyostava celebration on the district stadium the place the Kannada flag will probably be hoisted together with the Nationwide flag at 9.30 am and the procession carrying Bhuvaneshwari idol will probably be taken out within the metropolis, officers within the know of the event stated.
The district has deliberate a grand occasion for the day with Kittur Rani Chennamma circle being the centre place of the celebration.
In keeping with the police file, about two lakh individuals had thronged the circle to rejoice the Karnataka formation day in 2020. In 2021, there was no celebration on the account of the demise of Kannada actor Puneet Rajkumar, in accordance with the police.
The Karnataka Rakshna Vedike (Narayangowda faction) has criticised the federal government for granting conditional permission to pro-Maharashtrian organisation Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti on the evening previous to Rajyostava.
The outfit president Deepak Gudaganatti expressed displeasure over the event. He warned of waving black flags at chief minister Basavaraj Bommai if the MES is given permission to watch the ‘Black Day’.
“We’ll wave black flags…(on the chief minister) and had been black garments if (MES) are given permission to watch Black Day,” stated Gudaganatti.