Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah mediated on the border dispute with Karnataka at the request of Maharashtra while adding that no one should do politics over the matter.
"The people who had come there did not know what they had come for, did not know what the program was, did not know which party they belonged to, money was distributed, even after doing all this, they could not gather a crowd, because of this It is proved that these people (Maha Vikas Aghadi
Senior leaders from Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) and several workers from Navi Mumbai, Raigadh, Pune and other parts participated in the march towards Mumbai.
After the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute escalated, many untoward incidents took place in Belagavi, after which as a precautionary measure, police presence was tightened along the border, in Belagavi's Chikkodi.
The announcement was made by CM Shinde at the 81st meeting of the board of directors of Maharashtra Airport Development Company.
CM Shinde during the meeting also discussed runway and airport expansion works ongoing at different places in the state.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who recently met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has said that the latter has confirmed to allot land for the construction of Maharashtra Bhawan in Assam.
Raut was arrested by the enforcement directorate (ED) on August 1 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in suburban Goregaon in Mumbai.
After the Marathi film Har Har Mahadev got into controversy, Shinde camp MLA Pratap Sarnaik has written a letter to CM Eknath Shinde demanding that there should be a committee of historians to examine films made about history.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed confidence for the development of the state and asserted that the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister have assured 'big projects' to Maharashtra.