Court must hear case urgently as situation is getting tensed, says Bawankule

Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party BJP president Chandrashekar Bawankule on Saturday said the Supreme Court should hear the MaharashtraKarnataka border dispute case urgently and give a decision soon as the situation is getting tense between the two statesHe was addressing a press conference here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the cityThe BJP leader thanked the prime minister for various development projects in Nagpur which will be inaugurated on Sunday and appealed to citizens to accord a grand welcome to himOn the MaharashtraKarnataka border issue Bawankule said the Eknath ShindeDevendra Fadnavis government has put its submissions strongly in the Supreme CourtI feel that no inflammatory speeches should be made by both sides There is no meaning to what the Karnataka chief minister says or what we say The issue will be permanently resolved if the result of the case in the apex court comes out the state BJP chief saidThe border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka has heated up with incidents of violence being reported from border areas of both statesAlso Read PM should clarify his stand on MaharashtraKarnataka border row UddhavThe dispute dates back to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines Maharashtra laid claim to Belagavi which was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency as it has a sizeable Marathispeaking population It also staked claim to 814 Marathispeaking villages which are currently part of KarnatakaBawankule claimed that some prominent leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Nationalist Congress Party NCP and Congress were vitiating the atmosphere on both sides again and again for political gainsThis case should be taken up urgently by requesting the Supreme Court as the situation is getting tense and incidents of law and order being disturbed are cropping up The final decision should be given after hearing both sides This is the only way and creating a tense situation in border areas is not the way Bawankule saidThe BJP leader also appealed to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai not to give statements against the interests of people of MaharashtraThis 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