Like China, we will enter Karnataka: Sanjay Raut over border issue

Amid simmering tension between Karnataka and Maharashtra over the border issue Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday sparked a fresh controversy by saying We will enter Karnataka like China has entered the countryThe senior leader of the party said that he did not need anyones permission regarding the issueLike China has entered we will enter Karnataka We dont need anyones permission We want to solve it through a discussion but Karnataka CM is igniting a fire There is a weak government in Maharashtra and is not taking any stand on it Sanjay Raut saidThe leaders statement has come at a time of heightened tension between Maharashtra and Karnataka over a decadesold border conflict and the issue is listed to the Supreme CourtAlso Read PM Modi mediates in RussiaUkraine war but ignores MaharashtraKarnataka border issue not sign of good politician Sanjay RautHowever Eknath Shindes government is facing criticism over the issue and an uproar by the opposition in the ongoing winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyLeader of Opposition Ajit Pawar raised the issue of the border dispute earlier in the Assembly and said A Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra has been stopped from entering Belgaum In a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah it was decided that no one would be stopped from going there then how can the collector there take such a decisionResponding to the issue raised by Pawar Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said For the first time the Home Minister of the country mediated the border dispute he has taken this issue seriously we have presented the side of the border residents to him Amit Shah has had put forth his point in front of the border dispute now there should be no politics on the border dispute we should stand together with the border residentsMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis aligned with CM Shindes remarks and said that the government will look into the matterTension prevailed in the border areas of Belagavi on the Maharashtra Karnataka border after members of the Maharastra Ekikaran Samiti MES and Nationalist Congress Party staged a protest on Monday demanding they be allowed into BelagaviBelagavi Police denied permission to MES to conduct its Maha Melava at the Vaccine Depot ground in Tilakwadi and clamped prohibited orders in Tilakwadi Police Station jurisdictionSection 144 has been imposed in the area and heavy security was deployed at the site of the MES convention which was scheduled to take place on the first day of the Winter Session of the Karnataka Assembly todayThe border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka goes back to the implementation of the State Reorganization Act of 1956 The then Maharashtra government had demanded the readjustment of its border with KarnatakaFollowing this a fourmember committee was formed by both states The Maharashtra government had expressed willingness to transfer 260 predominantly Kannadaspeaking villages but the proposal was turned down by KarnatakaBoth governments later approached the Supreme Court to expedite the matterThis 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