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Declare Belgaum union territory, demands
Maharashtra
Friday December 16, 2011 07:49:58 PM,
IANS
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Nagpur: Adding a new
dimension to the ongoing Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute,
the Maharashtra assembly Friday urged the central government to
declare Karnataka's Belgaum as a union territory till the final
verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue.
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who was replying to an
adjournment motion on the issue, also said that he would lead an
all-party delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the
matter.
The assembly unanimously demanded that the central government
should take appropriate action against the Karnataka government
for its move Thursday dissolving the Belgaum City Corporation
Council (BCCC) and appointing an administrator.
The state assembly members demanded that the Karnataka government
must immediately reinstate the BCCC which has a tenure of nearly
three and a half years remaining.
The Karnataka government's action came ostensibly since the BCCC
is controlled by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) which has
been demanding merger of the Marathi-speaking areas of the region
with Maharashtra.
The Karnataka government's step has been severely castigated by
all political parties in Maharashtra and evoked a sharp reaction
from Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
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