Border Dispute Far From Over: Maharashtra MP

Arvind Sawant says the struggle to merge Belagavi and other border areas of Karnataka with Maharashtra will never stop

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A fresh political storm has erupted over the long-standing Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute after Maharashtra MP Arvind Sawant said that the struggle to merge Belagavi and other border areas of Karnataka with Maharashtra "will never stop."

Sawant, a Lok Sabha MP from the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction), released a video on social media in which he strongly criticised Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Iranna Kadadi. Kadadi had recently told reporters that the border dispute is "a closed chapter." The remark triggered a fierce response from Sawant, who accused Kadadi of dismissing the sentiments of Marathi-speaking people in the border regions.