TODAY'S MAHARASHTRA ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON THE KARNATAKA BORDER DISPUTE FEATURES GOVERNMENT EXCHANGES

Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, submitted the decision regarding the long-running border dispute in the state assembly on Tuesday amid a simmering disagreement with Karnataka. The resolution was unanimously approved and emphasised that Maharashtra would fight the ongoing Supreme Court lawsuit with all of its might to include all 865 villages, including Belgavi, Karwar, Nipani, and Bidar Bhalki. Additionally, it criticised the administration's anti-Marathi stance in the border region. This comes a day after Uddhav Thackeray, a former chief minister and Shinde's erstwhile party ally, recommended that the contested area should be placed under central control while the matter is being decided by the Supreme Court. The long-running argument concerns border regions where residents identify more strongly with one state than the other due to the language they speak. Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra deputy chief minister, criticised Uddhav Thackeray for failing to find a solution while in power before the assembly session started on Tuesday morning. "Today in the state assembly, the chief minister will provide a resolution on the border issue. I'm hoping the resolution will be approved by a majority. The BJP member reportedly said, "I'm amazed that people who talked yesterday did nothing for 2.5 years as the chief minister," according to news agency ANI. When our government took office, the border dispute had not yet started. "It began with the establishment of Maharashtra and the division of the provinces based on languages. It's been going on for a while. We never politicised this subject, and we sincerely hope that no one else would either. People living in border regions should feel that Maharashtra is behind them "He was adamant. The opposition's leader, Ajit Pawar, argued with the government and then asked for a meeting. "We'll continue to be resolute and show that we stand with border region residents. It will be vital to determine whether the central government would support the demand to recognise these contentious areas as union territories given that the matter is currently before the courts." He felt anxious. In a recent meeting with the Chief Ministers of both states about the border issue, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that a six-member ministerial panel will preside over the negotiations.