In a direct challenge to successive governments inMaharashtrathat have claimed thatBelagavishould be part of their state,Karnatakachief ministerBasavaraj Bommai said the state is ready to include all those panchayat, taluks or districts that areKannadigadominated into Karnataka if they pass a resolution in this regard.
The controversial statement by the CM came in Light of the debate over the border dispute and language row in Belagavi which has taken a violent turn for the last four days.
Citing that Maharashtra political outfits has been trying to rake up the border dispute time and again for political gains, CM Bommai said Karnataka has already accepted the Mahajan report in the border dispute case but was also ready to protect the interests of the Kannadiga community in the border areas of the neighboring state.