Mumbai: In an attempt to counter the resolution passed by the Karnataka state Assembly amid the raging boundary dispute, Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to ‘legally pursue’ the border dispute.
Amid the ongoing Karnataka-Maharashtra border row, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that not an inch of land will be ceded to Maharashtra.
Tension grew in the bordering areas recently, with political leaders on both sides attacking each other. Buses from both states were attacked and defaced with paint in Karnataka's Belagavi and Maharashtra's Pune by stone-throwing political cadres.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution on the dispute with Karnataka over border areas saying that the state will legally pursue the inclusion of 865 Marathi-speaking villages that are in Karnataka.
Amid the row over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, Shiv Sena (UBT) president and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday demanded that the disputed areas be declared as Union Territory.