Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday dismissed Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray's demand to make Belgavi a Union Territory as "childish." Karnataka Chief minister Siddaramaiah slams Aaditya Thackeray's demand to declare Belagavi a Union Territory. Earlier on Monday, Aditya Thackeray, in a post on X, said that he is ready to support the proposal to make Belgaum a union territory …
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday slammed the Karnataka government after police detained the activists of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti who were protesting in Belagavi, saying that the people would teach them a lesson. The Karnataka police detained leaders and activists of MES and Marathi-speaking people who were opposing the winter session at Suvarna Vidhan Soudha. Shinde alleged that …
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, the Belagavi-based political party that has been demanding merger of Marathi-speaking areas with Maharashtra, has announced to hold Maha Melava – a protest rally against the Winter Session of the State legislature in Belagavi on Monday. However, there is credible information to suggest that the party would try to hold the rally in Vaccine Depot grounds and …
Some residents of Jat taluk in Maharashtra have spoken against the delay in providing drinking water and irrigation facilities by the government to the taluk. Protesters have warned of forming a Karnataka Ekikaran Samiti and launching an agitation to merge the taluk into Karnataka, if the Maharashtra government does not expedite irrigation projects. He told The Hindu that some Jat …
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s tweet regarding the upcoming Karnataka elections has stirred a controversy in the state. He later posted another tweet, urging “Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka to vote for the ‘Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti’ and their candidates”. THE BACKLASH Thackeray’s stance that Marathi-speaking candidate of any party should raise his voice for Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka in the …
