Last Updated: December 14, 2022, 20:24 IST
Union Home minister Amit Shah (Photo: News18 File)
The Karnataka-Maharashta border row escalated into violence last week after vehicles from both states were attacked and damaged in Belgaon and Pune
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday chaired a meeting with Maharashtra and Karnataka CMs Eknath Shinde and Basavaraj Bommai, respectively, over the border row simmering between the two states since 1950s.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra were also present during the meeting.
The Karnataka-Maharashta border row escalated into violence last week after vehicles from both states were attacked and damaged in Belgaon and Pune.
The border issue dates back to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines. Maharashtra laid claim to Belagavi, which was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, as it has a sizeable Marathi-speaking population. It also laid claim to 814 Marathi-speaking villages which are currently part of Karnataka.
Karnataka maintains the demarcation done on linguistic lines as per the States Reorganisation Act and the 1967 Mahajan Commission Report as final. And, as an assertion that Belagavi is an integral part of the state, Karnataka has built the ‘Suvarna Vidhana Soudha’, modelled on the Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the legislature in Bengaluru, and a legislative session is held there annually.
(With PTI inputs)
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