Eknath Shinde said, "We are doing the work of giving justice to the Marathi people in the border areas. Not even an inch of space in Maharashtra will be allowed to go anywhere."
This comes after Bommai indulged in a war of words with Fadnavis over the border issue of the two states and called the remarks of the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister "provocative".
"The Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute has started again because of the weakness and inability of the current government in Maharashtra. This government has no idea about the state," Raut said.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli was told by the counsel representing the state that the Eknath Shinde government wanted to withdraw the plea.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday demanded the removal of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over an "old idol" remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj while also seeking Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's resignation on the matter.
Responding to the governor's statement, Raut also dragged the ruling Eknath Shinde Sena faction and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into the controversy, asking who would the rival Sena faction and the BJP call an 'old icon' next.
The ordinance of the Eknath Shinde Government which reduced the number back to 227 was challenged by former Shiv Sena UBST faction corporator Raju Pednekar.
The incident took place in Kisan Nagar area - a part of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's constituency, where newly appointed office bearers of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction were being felicitated.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rida Rashid, who filed a molestation complaint against Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad, on Monday said that he had pushed her aside while she was trying to meet Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during an event yesterday.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Samant said the state was in line to bag many more projects in the coming days. He added that Maharashtra will be the first state in India to formulate a Hydrogen policy with regard to a transition to emission-free transportation.