KRV activists burn Maharashtra CM effigy

KRV activists burn Maharashtra CM effigy
The Newindpress.com

Friday July 28 2006 14:04 IST

HUBLI: Activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Hubli unit, took out a procession and burnt the effigy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh at KC Circle, to protest against raking up the Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue unnecessarily by the Maharashtra government, here on Thursday.

The procession that passed through main streets of the city culminated at KC Circle where protestors burnt the effigy of Maharashtra Chief Minister.

Protestors condemned the Maharashtra Government for trying to create problem by raking up sensitive issues like Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute by bringing pressure on the Prime Minister to settle the issue when it was sub judice.

They alleged that MLAs and elected representatives of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti were conspiring to see that Belgaum district was merged into Maharashtra.

Though the Mahajan Commission appointed to look into this matter had already clarified its stand that Belgaum was part and parcel of Karantaka, Maharashtra was unnecessarily raking up the issue with an intention of creating law and order problems in the state, they alleged.

Bhimashankar Patil, president of KRV, Ramesh Badnur, Girish Lutimath, and others participated in the agitation.