Bengaluru
Pro-Kannada organisations have strongly opposed the calls to trifurcate Belagavi into 3 districts in particular at a time when the border dispute with Maharashtra is nonetheless simmering.
The pro-Kannada organisations really feel trifurcating Belagavi may perhaps upset the balance amongst Maratha and other communities in the area and additional complicate Karnataka’s border row with Maharashtra.
The organisations point out that previous attempts to split the district had failed. In 1997, the then chief minister JH Patel had decided to trifurcate Belagavi, triggering enormous protests by pro-Kannada organisations. Patel later was forced to withdraw the selection.
Pro-Kannada groups also really feel the speak of splitting Belagavi appeared to be a political tactic to influence Maratha voters. The BJP government’s selection to develop a new Vijayanagara district by splitting Ballari had prompted demands in some quarters to develop Chikkodi and Gokak districts from components of Belagavi.