Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai's visit to Belagavi has been delayed until December 6 due to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute

The trip to Belagavi, Karnataka, by Maharashtra Ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai to discuss the Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue has been postponed until December 6. On December 3, the meeting was supposed to take place. Chandrakant Patil, a Minister for Maharashtra, tweeted to clarify the new meeting time. "Dr. Ambedkarist organisations in Belgaum are urging people to attend a programme in honour of Babasaheb Ambedkar's Mahaparinirvana Day on December 6th, Mahanav Bharat Ratna. As a result, on December 6 instead of December 6, the Coordinating Minister @shambhurajdesai and I will travel to Belgaum. @CMOMaharashtra, "In a tweet, Patil

 

The Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute will be coordinated by Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai. Though Maharashtra claims it, Belgaum or Belagavi is currently a part of Karnataka. According to media reports, the long-standing border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra began in 1953 when the Maharashtra Government protested the inclusion of 865 villages, including Belagavi. The villages are dispersed throughout Belagavi as well as the northwestern and northeastern parts of Karnataka, which are all close to Maharashtra.

 

The Maharashtra Government requested that its border with Karnataka be readjusted after the State Reorganization Act of 1956 went into effect. The two states then established a committee of four people. Karnataka rejected Maharashtra's offer to relocate 260 villages with a high concentration of Kannada speakers. The Supreme Court has now been contacted by the Governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka to expedite the case, but it is still pending. 

 

The Karnataka government is considering holding an all-party meeting shortly to discuss the matter. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has requested that the Karnataka Government convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Belagavi border dispute with Maharashtra and to grant admission to one of its representatives. Karnataka state president of AAP Prithvi Reddy urged an all-party meeting in Karnataka to discuss the problem in a letter to Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai. He also asked him to permit an AAP delegate to join the meeting.

 

 

 

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