Updated Jan 18, 2021 | 22:13 IST
The Maharashtra CM said on Sunday his government is committed towards incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka where Marathi-speaking people are in majority. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray | Photo Credit: PTI
Bengaluru: A political controversy has erupted over Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s statement on the sensitive border issues with Karnataka with many political leaders of the southern state slamming him for his comment.
Condemning Thackeray s statement, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar said that “not an inch of Karnataka s land can go to Maharashtra”.
The Maharashtra CM said on Sunday his government is committed towards incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka where Marathi-speaking people are in majority.
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Protests erupted in parts of Karnataka on Monday including in the district headquarters city of Belagavi on Monday.
This was against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray s statement on the sensitive border issue.
Political leaders cutting across party lines came down heavily on Thackeray.
Bengaluru: Protests erupted in parts of Karnataka on Monday including in the district headquarters city of Belagavi on Monday in a strong condemnation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s statement on the sensitive border issue.
Political leaders cutting across party lines came down heavily on Thackeray. There is no question of giving even an inch of land from Karnataka to Maharashtra. He should give up issuing statements just for political reasons, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa told reporters on Monday.
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Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha chief Vatal Nagaraj burning the effigy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in Bengaluru on Monday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister’s statement smacks of arrogance and linguistic chauvinism: Yediyurappa
A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray spoke about integrating “Karnataka-occupied Marathi- speaking and cultural areas into Maharashtra”, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday slammed the former for “displaying regionalism and linguistic chauvinism”, and reiterated that the Mahajan Commission report on the border issue is final.
Leaders cutting across political lines in Karnataka, including Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, on Monday came down heavily on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s tweet on "incorporating Marathi-speaking areas" in Karnataka .
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