Maharashtra's '10 times more effective' resolution threat to Karnataka as border dispute heats up

Marking a fresh escalation of the political battle over Karnataka and Maharashtra's border dispute, a Maharashtra minister on 23 December 2022 promised an Assembly resolution which will be "10 times more effective" than the one passed by Karnataka Assembly.

Maharashtra Excise Minister Shambhuraj Desai said that the resolution will be tabled by the state government on 26 December.

On 22 December, the Karnataka Assembly had passed a resolution vowing to not cede an inch of land to its neighbouring state.

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Talking to reporters at the legislature complex in Nagpur, Desai said, "The state government will bring a detailed resolution on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue, which will be 10 times more effective than the one passed by Karnataka. It will be passed in the legislature on Monday." "I only want to say that even after the meeting of both (Maharashtra and Karnataka) chief ministers with Union Home Minister (Amit Shah), the Karnataka CM (Basavaraj Bommai) did not respect what was decided. Maharashtra CM (Eknath Shinde) and Deputy CM (Devendra Fadnavis) both want the issue to get solved through talks," the minister said.

(With PTI inputs)