Border Dispute: Karnataka-Maharashtra Conflict

Border Dispute: In response to demonstrations by activists on both sides of the border, buses were not allowed to pass the Karnataka-Maharashtra border on December 7.

According to a KSRTC, services for up to 250 buses from the Chikkodi and 80 from the Belagavi depot were suspended.  NWKRTC officials said 150 buses from Maharashtra did not enter Karnataka.

The majority of MSRTC buses travelling from Maharashtra to Belagavi were also stopped.

Border Dispute: What is the Karnataka-Maharashtra Conflict?

The conflict began in 1956, when the states were split along linguistic lines.
Maharashtra was quite dissatisfied with how the lines were drawn. The assertion of Belagavi (also known as Belgaum)a part of Bombay presidency, was also an upsetting issue.

Furthermore, Maharashtra said that 814 Marathi-speaking villages that are currently a part of Karnataka should really be in Maharashtra. Karnataka, meanwhile, steadfastly resisted giving up its land.
Before India gained its independence in 1881, about 26% of the population spoke Marathi, compared to about 64% of Kannada speakers (as per the census in 1881).

The Belagavi district joined the state of Bombay in 1947. The linguistic makeup of Belagavi changed in 1951. The population of Marathi speakers outnumbered Kannada speakers, according to the 1951 census.

Belagavi and Karnataka were combined nine years after the State Reorganisation Act was passed in 1956. The Marathi leaders demanded that the border town be merged with Maharashtra right away.

Maharashtra sent a note to the federal government in 1957 protesting about Marathi-speaking regions moving to Karnataka. Belagaum, Nippani, and Karwar are three more towns that Maharashtra has claimed.

In order to get involved in the conflict, the federal government established the Mahajan Commission in 1957.
According to the commission findings, 264 villages should be in Maharashtra, while 247 villages, including Belgaum, should be in Karnataka.
Karnataka requested the board to execute the findings right away, but Maharashtra disagreed with the choice and rejected it.

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Border Dispute: The KSRTC has not yet submitted an official report to the Belagavi police over this.

Devendra Fadnavis, denounced the attack on buses and requested Basavaraj Bommai provide safe passage for Maharashtra buses.

Sharad Pawar, the founder of the NCP, gave the attacks a 24-hour deadline to abate and threatened to visit Belagavi if they continued. On Wednesday, NCP MP Supriya Sule brought up the subject in Parliament and asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a response.

In order to ensure that there is peace on both sides of the border, Mr. Bommai claimed that he had spoken to his counterpart in Maharashtra, Eknath Shindhe.