Nagpur: Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said that the State Government had been giving utmost importance to the Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue. Maharashtra will fight for every inch of its land, he added.
With the Opposition demanding a resolution, the Maharashtra-Karnataka border row once again echoed in the ongoing Winter Session of the State Legislature on the first day of second week. Meanwhile, Fadnavis said, the State Government will do whatever it can to ensure the Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka get justice. The Deputy Chief Minister assured the Lower House that a resolution on the border row would be tabled in presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday.
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Earlier, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Ajit Pawar, in the Lower House, urged the Government to take action against the fast development in the disputed area on the Karnataka side. Pawar, in the House, asked, why did the government not move a resolution on the border row when it was decided in the Business Advisory Committee that a proposal on the issue would be moved in the first week of the Winter Session? The proposal to move the resolution also did not figure in Monday’s business list, Pawar pointed out. The LoP said, the recent statements of Karnataka Chief Minister have hurt the pride of Maharashtra.
In reply, Fadnavis said, the resolution could not be introduced last week due to pandemonium created by the Opposition on suspension of senior NCP leader Jayant Patil for the rest of the session for his remark against Speaker Rahul Narvekar. The Deputy Chief Minister also said, “Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was in Delhi to attend an official function due to which the resolution could not be tabled in the House on Monday also. The State Government will not back down even an inch on the issue,” he added.
