This dispute dates back to the 1960s after the reorganization of states on linguistic basis. The decades-old border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belagavi is again in the news due to the recent statements of both the sides.
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The border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, which has been going on for the last 6 decades, seems to be increasing once again. This has happened after the statement given by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday, in which he had claimed 40 villages of Maharashtra. Since then Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Karnataka The rhetoric between Chief Minister Bommai has intensified. Fadnavis has also said that no village in Maharashtra will go anywhere. Although this matter of border dispute is pending in the Supreme Court. It is believed that the Supreme Court can hear on this soon.
The decades-old border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belagavi (earlier Belgaum) is again in news due to recent statements from both the sides. Bommai had said on Monday that he has formed a strong legal team of senior lawyers to take up the border dispute issue in the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the Maharashtra government appointed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai as nodal ministers to coordinate with the state’s legal team in connection with the pending court case.
Controversy started in the 1960s
This dispute dates back to the 1960s after the reorganization of states on linguistic basis. Maharashtra lays claim to Belagavi on linguistic grounds, which was part of the Bombay Presidency at the time of independence. Maharashtra also lays claim to 80 Marathi-speaking villages that are currently part of Karnataka. The dispute over Belagavi has remained since the reorganization of states on linguistic basis in the 1960s. In 1966, the Central Government constituted the Mahajan Commission regarding this dispute. At that time the state government presented its claim on 865 villages with this commission. This was done according to the 1961 census.
Shinde government wants early hearing in Supreme Court
The commission submitted its report in August, 1967. In this he suggested that 264 villages and Belgaum should remain in Maharashtra and 247 villages should remain in Karnataka. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a high-level meeting of the 19-member committee this week. Representatives of all parties were involved in this. The purpose of this meeting was to decide the strategy on the appeal for early hearing of the case from the Supreme Court. The state government had announced to provide facilities like Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, pension, health insurance to the families of those who died in violence during Maharashtra and Karnataka border dispute.
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