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“The Maharashtra authorities volition impulse the Karnataka authorities not to enforce Kannada connection connected Marathi-speaking radical successful Karnataka,” Maharashtra Minister for Industries and Marathi connection Uday Samant said successful Belagavi connected Sunday.
He told a delegation of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti that met him successful Belagavi that helium volition rise earlier the Karnataka authorities each issues faced by Marathi-speakers successful Belagavi.
“The intent of my sojourn is to prosecute successful a dialog with MES leaders and others regarding the difficulties and grievances faced by the Marathi-speaking colonisation here. In my capableness arsenic Minister for Marathi language, I program to conscionable with Karnataka Chief Minister and different Ministers acrophobic to contiguous the issues faced by Marathi speakers successful the borderline region. We volition contiguous the grievances of Marathi speakers earlier the Karnataka government,” helium said.
He was present to be a relation organised by the Ratnagiri Kumbi Samaj.
“The sole nonsubjective of my sojourn is to guarantee that the Marathi-speaking assemblage gets justness and that their issues are efficaciously resolved,” helium said.
However, Mr. Samant expressed displeasure astir the usage of Belagavi alternatively of Belgaum to notation to the metropolis successful an invitation paper issued by the organisers of an event.
The Maharashtra Minister said that helium volition soon put a gathering of the Belagavi MES leaders with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde wherever the borderline contented and others volition beryllium discussed.
He told MES leaders that helium volition beryllium perpetually disposable for connection with them regarding issues concerning the borderline region.
He besides said helium volition soon undertake different circuit of the country on with different Maharashtra Ministers.
Mr. Samant said that holding an contiguous gathering is not imaginable owed to the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct for the Legislative Council elections successful Maharashtra.
However, “once the Code of Conduct ends, I volition personally enactment arsenic a coordinator to facilitate a gathering betwixt the MES leaders and the Maharashtra Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister,” helium said.
MES leaders antecedently issued a informing that they volition signifier a protestation successful beforehand of the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s residence successful Mumbai connected June 29, seeking aboriginal solution of issues faced by Marathi-speakers successful Belagavi. Mr. Samant said that this protestation has been temporarily called off, pursuing his assurances.
“We volition not fto a concern originate wherever Belagavi-based MES feels compelled to signifier a protestation successful Mumbai,” helium said.
MES delegation urged him to instrumentality steps to expedite the proceeding of the Belagavi borderline quality lawsuit pending earlier the Supreme Court. The Minister said that helium volition convey their feelings to Mr. Fadnavis.
He said that helium was holding the gathering to amended recognize the assorted issues faced by Marathi-speakers successful the borderline region.
“It is not my volition to criticise the Karnataka authorities lasting successful Belagavi. In fact, I privation to convey the Karnataka authorities and Belagavi territory medication for making information arrangements during my visit,” helium said.
