Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday blamed the Maharashtra government over tension that erupted due to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute and said that his government is committed to safeguard the state s border, and its people.
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K'taka CM Bommai said on Monday that he will persuade his Maha counterpart Shinde not to send his Ministers to Belagavi as it may disturb the law and order situation in the border area.
Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: Accusing the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government of escalating the situation, Pawar claimed that since the last few weeks, conscious attempts were being made by the Karnataka CM to take the situation in a different direction.
In what is termed as a needling of the Maharashtra government, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced Rs 10 crore to construct a Kannada Bhavan in Solapur, attracting howls of protest from this state, here on Saturday.