A meeting is underway between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and a delegation of MPs of Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) parties (comprising the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress) over the Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue.
Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that the shifting of Maharashtra projects helped BJP win Gujarat assembly polls.
Sanjay Raut while talking to the media stated, "Yesterday, in the Delhi MCD election results, the BJP lost after 15 years of rule. If in Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party and others would have come together, it could have been a tough fight for the BJP".
Amid the tension over the border dispute between the two states, the Karnataka government bus services to Maharashtra have been temporarily suspended, said transport officials on Wednesday.
Raut further alleged that the central government is involved in the Marathi-Kannadiga issue and said, "Centre is involved in all this. Otherwise, why it is suddenly happening?"
Maharashtra state road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has suspended bus services to Karnataka in wake of an alert from the police, sources said on Wednesday.
Amid the ongoing Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that he will talk to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the issue.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde must take all the parties in confidence before taking any decision on the border dispute with Karnataka.
Patil and Desai were initially scheduled to visit Belagavi on December 3 but at the request of the Belagavi Ambedkar organization, their visit was postponed and both were to arrive in Belagavi on December 6.