Amid the Maharashtra-Karnataka border row, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut called the state government coward for not visiting Belagavi district.
Mumbai,UPDATED: Dec 7, 2022 11:34 IST
Sanjay Raut called Maharashtra government coward for not visiting Belagavi. (File photo)
By Dev Kotak: Amid the escalating border issue between Karnataka and Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut called the Maharashtra government “coward” for not visiting Belagavi in Karnataka.
Ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai have been appointed to coordinate the state’s border dispute with Karnataka. Raut’s statement came after the ministers canceled their plan to visit Belagavi on Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s death anniversary as it would have escalated the issue.
Raut questioned the silence of the leaders who joined Eknath Shinde to topple the Uddhav-led government and asked if they had removed the government for this day. “For this day they removed the Sena government? There is a coward government in the state,” said Raut.
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Pro-Kannada activists hurled stones at the lorry which was travelling from Pune to Bengaluru. The window panes and the front glass of the vehicle were shattered and destroyed in the attack. Raut slammed the central government for the violence and alleged, “The Centre is involved in the violence in Belagavi”. “These tactics are to weaken the state. They lack self-pride,” added Raut.
Raut, a leader of Uddhav Thackeray faction, while talking to reporters, alleged that there is an attempt to break unity in the state. “I am ready to die for my state. People have sacrificed their lives for the state. This won’t be accepted. There is an attempt to break the unity in the state,” he said.
“We respect the country and its constitution. We are only talking about rights. Karnataka should pay for the losses our state has suffered. The matter is in the Supreme Court. There is no need for violence. People of both states are affected due to the border dispute”, said Sanjay Raut.
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