Marathi folks staying in Karnataka’s Belgaum being victimised, says Raut, requires all-party go to

Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Saturday alleged that Marathi folks residing in Karnataka’s Belgaum had been being victimised, and stated an all-party delegation from Maharashtra ought to go to the town within the neighbouring state to resolve the continued stand-off.
Talking to reporters, Raut stated that within the final eight days there have been cases of assault on Shiv Sena leaders and the celebration’s workplace in Belgaum by pro-Kannada outfits.
“Belgaum is part of India and the Maharashtra-Karnataka dispute is a language dispute. It shouldn’t be stretched too far and this is the responsibility of the Karnataka government too,” he stated.

“If the situation goes out of hand, the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra government shouldn’t be blamed since the response would not be official, but political,” the Sena’s Rajya Sabha member stated.

Raut blamed the Centre for the state of affairs in Belgaum, saying that it will possibly see violence in West Bengal and locations the place BJP is contesting elections, however “turning a blind eye” to the developments in Belgaum.
“The Maharashtra government will have to take a firm stand… An all-party delegation should visit Belgaum soon to show unity with the Marathi people suffering the high-handedness there,” he stated.

The Sena chief alleged that Kannada outfit Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, which is attacking the Shiv Sena activists, is sponsored by the BJP. “No one from the BJP is speaking about it. The Shiv Sena can also respond in equal measure, but we don’t want to create a rift between the two states. The Centre should intervene,” he stated.
Raut stated the recent stand-off was an try to divert the eye from the intercourse CD scandal allegedly involving a former Karnataka minister. He lamented that regardless of the boundary dispute being a sub-judice matter, Karnataka constructed a Vidhan Bhavan in Belgaum and made it the second capital of the state.