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Strongly opposing the request for North Karnataka statehood, members of the Kalyana Karnataka Horata Samiti have termed it an attempt by leaders and organisations from Kittur Karnataka to dilute the Constitutional benefits granted to Kalyana Karnataka portion nether Article 371(J).
Addressing a property league present connected Sunday, samiti president Lakshman Dasti said that the portion has been accorded peculiar presumption to code humanities backwardness and determination imbalance.
He said that Kagwad MLA and NWKRTC president Bharamagouda (Raju) Kage has raised the contented of statehood for North Karnataka to encroach upon the benefits and reservations meant for the radical of Kalyana Karnataka region.
The samiti volition besides constitute to the President, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister condemning the request and urging them to safeguard the Constitutional guarantees nether Article 371(J), helium added.
Mr. Dasti recalled that during the enactment of a unified Karnataka, leaders from Hyderabad Karnataka powerfully supported linguistic unity, contempt being offered the enactment of forming their ain State.
“After decades of struggle, governmental volition and the Nanjundappa Committee recommendations, Article 371(J) was brought successful for the payment of Kalyana Karnataka region. Since then, a fewer leaders from Mumbai Karnataka person been attempting to bring their districts nether its ambit and are present seeking to merge regions nether the guise of a caller North Karnataka state,” helium said.
He said that influential leaders from Kittur Karnataka person consistently diverted large infrastructure and Central projects to their region, denying Kalyana Karnataka its owed share.
Calling upon Ministers, MPs and legislators from Kalyana Karnataka portion to reason the connection successful the upcoming Winter Session successful Belagavi, Mr. Dasti warned against immoderate effort to undermine Article 371(J) done indirect means, asserting that specified divisive calls endanger the integrity of Karnataka.
Samiti honorary president Basavaraj Deshmukh and elder activists R.K. Hudgi, Rauf Khadri and Lingaraj Sirgapur were present.
