TheMumbai-Karnatakaregion will be renamed as ‘Kittur Karnatakaregion’ as there is no point in retaining the old name when border disputes often emerge, chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaisaid.
The CM was apparently referring to the repeated claims made by Maharashtra politicians demanding the merger of Belagavi district and a few border regions of Karnataka with Maharashtra owing to the presence of a substantial Marathi speaking Population.
He argued that the changes in the region should have happened in 1956 when the State Reorganisation Act came into effect.
The CM said the government has given utmost importance to Kannada making the language compulsory in higher Education under the new National Education Policy.