Amid the latest flashpoint over the border dispute with Karnataka, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavais on Wednesday lashed out at 'outspoken' Karnataka leaders, who, he claimed, were making public statements that violate the spirit in which the two states arrived at an agree
With his state at odds with Maharashtra yet again over the festering border dispute, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday came down heavily on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, saying instead of making hollow statements, he should impress on Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Amid the latest flashpoint over the border dispute with Karnataka, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday told the state's Legislative Council that not an inch of the land from the disputed 865 villages will be ceded to the neighbouring state and his government will pursue
Bommai's remarks came against the backdrop of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passing the resolution on the state's dispute with Karnataka over border areas.
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.
According to the resolution the Maharashtra government will stand behind the Marathi people in border areas and will go for a legal fight in the Supreme Court to ensure that these areas become a part of Maharashtra.
The Winter session of the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday saw chaotic scenes as both the ruling coalition and Opposition members traded barbs over the protracted border dispute with Karnataka, as well as other issues.
Expressing strong objection to the statement made by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, Maharashtra cabinet Minister Shambhu Raje Desai said in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday that such provocative statements can further worsen the situation.
Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday launched an attack on the BJP government at the centre amid the protest in front of the Gandhi staue by the opposition.
The opposition in the Maharashtra assembly will corner the Eknath Shinde government over the state losing investment projects and border row with Karnatak in the winter assembly scheduled to begin on December 19 in Nagpur, leader of the opposition Ajit Pawar said on Sunday.