Visit to Belagavi postponed and not cancelled, says Shambhuraj Desai

Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai on Tuesday issued a statement regarding his visit to the MaharashtraKarnataka border and stated that his visit has been postponed and not cancelledAddressing the media on the occasion of Dr Ambedkars Mahaparinirvan Diwas he stated Today we were to visit the border area in Belagavi about this we had informed the Karnataka government The program was organized to discuss the border issue with the people so that a peaceful solution could be found in this matterA heavy force was deployed on the Karnataka border so that we could not go there This action of the Karnataka CM is not correct anyone has the right to go anywhere he stated slamming the Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj BommaiHe further alleged The Karnataka government says that law enforcement will be affected if we go thereThe minister further said We thought that there should not be any kind of tension on the occasion of Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Baba Saheb so we did not go today and added this program is not over so we will do this tour laterMeanwhile Speaking to ANI Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi MES leader Sarita Patil said The Maharashtra Ministers who were to come in Belgavi now their programme is cancelled due to Mahaparinirvan Diwas as we got to know from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss statementAlso Read Pune teacher booked for beating up 6yearold student over bad handwritingMaharashtra has appointed Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai as the coordinating ministers for the states border row with Karnataka The two states have been entangled in a row for decades over the demarcation of boundaries between themTheir visit is cancelled now but we hope that they will visit on some other day I also request them to visit by this year On December 19 there is Adhiveshan session in Belgavi and I request them on behalf of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi to visit here she addedPatil 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 on the death anniversary of Dr BR AmbedkarAfter the KarnatakaMaharashtra border dispute escalated many untoward incidents took place in BelagaviYesterday Karnataka CM Bommai appealed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to fight the border dispute issue legally as it is in court now Bommai also raised concerns over the visit of the two ministers to BelagaviMeanwhile in Belagavis Chikkodi as a precautionary measure police presence has been tightened along the borderAccording to police six Karnataka State Reserve Police KSRP contingents are deployed in Nippani Taluk 450 policemen assigned to Kuganolli Check PostSenior officials such as the Superintendent of Police SP Additional SP DSPs Police Inspectors Subinspectors and 450 police personnel have been deployedAll inner roads of Nippani and Chikkodi taluk are blocked Police are checking every vehicle entering the borderBelagavi is currently part of Karnataka but is claimed by Maharashtra As per media reports the longrunning KarnatakaMaharashtra border dispute started back in 1953 after the Maharashtra government objected to the inclusion of 865 villages including BelagaviThe villages are spread across Belagavi and the northwestern and northeastern regions of Karnataka all bordering MaharashtraAfter the implementation of the State Reorganization Act of 1956 the Maharashtra government demanded the readjustment of its border with Karnataka Following this a fourmember committee was formed by both statesMaharashtra government had expressed willingness to transfer Kannadaspeaking 260 villages predominantly but it was turned down by KarnatakaNow both Karnataka and Maharashtra governments have approached the Supreme Court to expedite the matter and the matter is still pendingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever