Border row: Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra, not to anyone's father, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said Mumbai belongs to the state and not to anyones father while strongly condemning remarks made by some Karnataka leaders amid the raging boundary dispute between the two statesSpeaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Fadnavis said the states feelings will be conveyed to the Karnataka government and Union Home Minister Amit ShahRaising the issue in the House Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar of Nationalist Congress Party claimed Karnataka CM and ministers have been hurting Maharashtras pride by their remarks and the Maharashtra governments response is not in the same coinAlso read Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh walks out of jailLaw minister of Karnataka Madhu Swamy has demanded that Mumbai should be made a Union Territory Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Laxman Savadi said Mumbai belongs to Karnataka and has rubbed salt on the Marathi peoples wounds Pawar saidThe NCP leader demanded that the chief minister condemn this in strong wordsFadnavis said Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra and not to anyones father We will not tolerate anyone staking claim over Mumbai and we will put forth our feelings before the Karnataka government and Union home ministerHe said Union minister Shah will be requested to reprimand such iquestmotormouthsiquestIn a meeting between the chief ministers of the two states with Shah it was decided that no fresh claim would be laid by any of the two parties he saidThe comments by Karnataka MLAs or the Karnataka Congress president are contrary to what was decided Will not tolerate any claim staked on Mumbai We condemn this We will send a letter to Karnataka government condemning these statements Fadnavis saidThese comments are not in line what was decided in the meeting with the Union home minister It will be brought to the notice of the Union home ministeriquest Fadnavis addedAmid the raging border dispute both Houses of the Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to legally pursue the inclusion of 865 Marathispeaking villages in Karnataka into the western stateThe state government will legally pursue in the Supreme Court the case to include in Maharashtra every inch of the land of Belgaum Karwar Bidar Nipani Bhalki cities and the 865 Marathispeaking villages in Karnataka said the resolution moved by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in both the HousesKarnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Tuesday asserted that not even a single village will be ceded to Maharashtra as he condemned the resolution passed in the neighbouring states legislature regarding inclusion of Marathispeaking villagesHe said the whole state is united on this issue strongly condemns and opposes the resolution passed by the Maharashtra legislatureThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever