In a tit for tat, the Karnataka Rakshna Vedika, a fringe group, on Sunday burnt the effigies of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis in the border district of Belagavi.
At least one generation has passed since the demand for transfer of the Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka to Maharashtra, yet there seems to be no solution in sight until the Supreme Court delivers its verdict
The decades long dispute, wherein Maharashtra is seeking for Marathi speaking villages in Karnataka to join the former and vice-versa, was recently reignited, triggering infighting within the BJP.