Maharashtra CM to meet Modi over border row with Karnataka

August 02, 2014 03:54 pm | Updated April 22, 2016 02:59 am IST - Palghar (Maharashtra)

Mumbai 02/08/2014   Picture to go for Suhasini Haidar's invervive with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.   Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai.  Photo:  Vivek Bendre

Mumbai 02/08/2014 Picture to go for Suhasini Haidar's invervive with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai. Photo: Vivek Bendre

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a delegation from the state to discuss the >border row with Karnataka .

Talking to reporters on Friday, Mr. Chavan said the dispute was currently a subject of litigation in the Supreme Court, and also, he had taken it up with his Karnataka counterpart.

The dispute is about Belgaum and certain other areas of Karnataka along the border with Maharashtra, which have a sizeable Marathi-speaking population, and which Maharashtra has been claiming since the formation of the two states.

The issue flared up recently when Karnataka police allegedly lathicharged pro-Maharashtra agitators at Yellur.

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