Per week after violent clashes had stalled the plying of buses between Maharashtra and Karnataka, the state authorities has confirmed the re-appointment of state Increased and Technical Schooling Minister Chandrakant Patil from the BJP and Tourism Minister Shambhuraj Desai from the Shiv Sena as its nodal ministers for resolving the continued border dispute row between the 2 states. Within the earlier authorities additionally, the identical ministers had been answerable for the problem.
In the meantime, former minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Subhash Desai on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asking him to re-publish the brand new version of the ebook ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Aani Sankalp’, an in depth ebook revealed by the Maharashtra authorities in 2021 on the border dispute. Desai demanded that the brand new mass version ought to have not less than one lakh copies and should be distributed among the many basic public.
“At a time when the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute is raging, it will be significant that the ebook be made obtainable to most of the people within the state in addition to these in border areas,” Desai acknowledged in his letter.
On February 21 night time, a 51-year-old conductor on a Karnataka State Street Transport Company (KSRTC) bus was allegedly assaulted in Marihal, Belagavi, after an argument with a girl passenger, who insisted on talking to him in Marathi. Police arrested 4 folks for the assault, however the conductor was additionally booked after the lady accused him of misbehaving along with her.
Subsequently, the motive force of a Maharashtra State Street Transport Company (MSRTC) bus was attacked and his face blackened in Hiriyur taluka of Karnataka’s Chitradurga district. A number of folks had been arrested after the incident. On February 23, a KSRTC bus was vandalised in Maharashtra, and “Jay Maharashtra”, “Marathi” and “Maharashtra Navnirman Sena” had been written on it.
The next day, alleged members of the Shiv Sena (UBT) attacked the motive force of a North Western Karnataka Street Transport Company (NWKRTC) bus at Saat Rasta in Solapur, smeared saffron color on his face, and raised pro-Maharashtra slogans. Karnataka restricted operations to Maharashtra as tensions rose, however stopped all KSRTC buses after the February 24 incident. Regular bus providers resumed from Wednesday.
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