Will incorporate ‘Karnataka-occupied areas’ into Maharashtra: Uddhav
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The dispute between the 2 states over Belgaum and different border areas is pending earlier than the Supreme Court for a few years.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stated his authorities is dedicated in the direction of incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka the place Marathi-speaking individuals are in majority.
This would be the “true tribute” to martyrs of the trigger, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated in a tweet.
Maharashtra claims Belgaum and another areas, a part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency however presently in Karnataka, on linguistic grounds.
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, a regional organisation preventing for the merger of Belgaum and another border areas with Maharashtra, observes January 17 because the ‘martyrs’ day’ for individuals who laid down their lives for the trigger in 1956.
“Bringing Karnataka-occupied Marathi-speaking and cultural areas in Maharashtra will be the true tribute to those who accepted martyrdom in the boundary battle. We are united and committed towards it. Respects to the martyrs with this promise,” the CMO tweeted.
Maharashtra claims sure areas, together with Belgaum, Karwar and Nippani that are a part of Karnataka, contending that almost all of inhabitants in these areas is Marathi- talking.
The dispute between the 2 states over Belgaum and different border areas is pending earlier than the Supreme Court for a few years.
Mr. Thackeray final yr appointed Maharashtra ministers Eknath Shinde and Chhagan Bhujbal as co-coordinators to supervise the state authorities’s efforts to expedite the case associated to the boundary dispute.
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