Maratha king Shivaji was Kannadiga: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister

Slamming Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for raking up the interstate border row Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol on Sunday claimed that the Maratha king Chhatrapti Shivaji was a KannadigaThackeray does not know history Shivajis forefather Belliyappa was a Kannadiga from Soratur in Karnatakas Gadag district When drought struck Gadag he Belliyappa migrated to Maharashtra and Shivaji was the fourth generation of his family Karjol told reporters in Karnatakas BelagaviAt a book launch on the border dispute between the two states in Mumbai on January 27 Thackeray said areas dominated by Marathispeaking people in Karnataka like Belagavi Karwar and Nippani should be declared as the Union Territory till the Supreme Court gave its final verdict in the decades old caseAsserting that the Mahajan Commissions report in 1968 upheld Karnatakas claim on Belagavi Karwar Nippani and 800 villages in the border areas Karjol said that Thackeray had been raising the issue to divert attention from the infighting in the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA coalition government which was formed by Shiva Sena Congress and Nationalist Congress Party NCP on November 28 2019 in MaharashtraThackeray should at least know now that Shivaji who is Shiv Senas icon and named the party after the Maratha king was a Kannadiga by origin reiterated Karjol who hails from Bijapur Vijayapura in the states north west regionConsidered to be the founder of the Maratha empire Shivaji Bhonsale 16301680 was crowned emperor Chhatrapati in 1674 at Raigad in the Konkan region of MaharashtraEchoing Karjol the states another Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi said as Belagavi was part of then Bombay province or presidency during the British rule Mumbai should be part of Karnataka and should be declared as Union Territory till the apex court gave its verdictAs Thackeray could not implement propeople policies during the Covid pandemic he was losing popularity in the neighbouring state MaharashtraSavadi who hails from Athani in Belagavi district also said the MVA coalition government had failed on various counts in MaharashtraThackeray said When the case is being heard in the Supreme Court the Karnataka government renames Belgaum as Belagavi declares it as its second capital constructs a legislature building and holds one legislature session there every year Isnt this a contempt of court thundered ThackerayAuthored by Deepak Pawar an officer in the Maharashtras boundary dispute cell the 530page book MaharashtraKarnataka Seemavad Sangharsh Aani Sankalp MaharashtraKarnataka boundary dispute struggle and pledge gives details of the dispute between the two statesBelagavi about 500km northwest of Bengaluru was part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency during the British rule but was given to Mysore state during the reorganisation of the states on linguistic grounds in 1956When Maharashtra made claim to the border district on the basis that there were more Marathispeaking people living in Belagavi and hundreds of its villages which are part of Karnataka the central government constituted the Mahajan Commission in 1967 to settle the interstate boundary disputeThough the Commission upheld Karnatakas claim on Belagavi and about 800 villages on demographic data showing more Kannadaspeaking people residing in them Maharashtra filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Mahajan report and the case is still pending in the top courtThis 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