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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis today said that the Karnataka government’s claim on Mumbai will not be tolerated. Speaking in the legislative assembly, he said the condemnation letter will be sent to the Karnataka Government for their claim on Mumbai.
Fadnavis said that in a meeting held with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, it was decided that both Maharashtra and Karnataka will not make any new claims or statements on the border row. However, the fresh claims and statements made by Karnataka leaders including their Chief Minister, ministers, and also by a Congress leader from that state is “divergent” and “wrong”. He added that such claims are in clear violation of what was decided in the meeting with Union Home Minister. The deputy CM said that Mumbai will remain with Maharashtra. He cautioned the Karnataka government that if such statements are made then it will not augur well for the bilateral relationship between both states. Fadnavis demanded that Mr. Shah should reprimand the KARNATAKA leaders who indulge in stoking the controversy on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border row.
Leader of Opposition in legislative assembly Ajit Pawar had raised the issue through a point of information.
- Since the State Reorganisation Act passed in 1956: Maharashtra and Karnataka have sparred over the inclusion of some towns and villages along the state border ever since the State Reorganisation Act was passed by the Parliament in 1956. The Act was based on the findings of the Justice Fazal Ali Commission, which was appointed in 1953 and submitted its report two years later.
- Erstwhile Mysore renamed and formed State of Karnataka and the differences erupted: On November 1, 1956, Mysore state later renamed Karnataka was formed, and differences between the state and the neighbouring Bombay state later Maharashtra erupted.
- View of Maharashtra: Maharashtra was of the view that the northwestern district of Karnataka, Belagavi, should be part of the state, leading to a decade-long violent agitation and formation of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES), which still holds sway in parts of the district and the eponymous city