‘Karnataka-occupied areas’ with majority Marathi talking folks can be included into Maharashtra, claims Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stoked a large controversy on Sunday after he claimed that his authorities is dedicated to incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka the place Marathi-speaking individuals are in majority.
This would be the “true tribute” to martyrs of the trigger, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated in a tweet.

कर्नाटकव्याप्त मराठी भाषिक आणि सांस्कृतिक प्रदेश महाराष्ट्रात आणणे हीच या सीमा लढ्यात हौतात्म्य पत्करलेल्या सैनिकांना आदरांजली ठरणार आहे. त्यासाठी आम्ही एकजूट आणि कटिबद्ध आहोत. या अभिवचनासह हूतात्म्यांना विनम्र अभिवादन🙏🏼— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 17, 2021
“Bringing Karnataka-occupied Marathi-speaking and cultural areas in Maharashtra will be the true tribute to those who accepted martyrdom in the boundary battle. We are united and committed to it. Respects to the martyrs with this promise,” the Chief Minister claimed.
Will incorporate ‘Karnataka-occupied areas’ the place Marathi-speaking individuals are in majority into Maharashtra. It would be the true tribute to those that attained martyrdom within the boundary battle: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 17, 2021
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, a regional group, has been demanding the merger of Belgaum and another border areas with Maharashtra. It additionally observes January 17 because the ‘martyrs’ day’ for individuals who laid down their lives for the trigger in 1956.Uddhav
Maharashtra claims areas belonging to Karnataka on the idea of language
Maharashtra claims areas belonging to Karnataka resembling Belgaum and another areas, that have been a part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency however at the moment falls in Karnataka after the re-organisation of states in 1956.
The Maharashtra authorities has usually tried to disrupt the peace between the 2 states by claiming Karnataka areas together with Belgaum, Karwar, and Nippani as a part of the state by making contentious claims saying that almost all of the inhabitants in these areas is Marathi- talking. The dispute between the 2 states over Belgaum and different border areas is pending earlier than the Supreme Court for a few years.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray final yr had appointed Maharashtra ministers Eknath Shinde and Chhagan Bhujbal as co-coordinators to supervise the state authorities’s efforts to expedite the case associated to the boundary dispute.