Chief of Uttara Karnataka Horata Samiti Nagesh Golashetti says a brand new State is critical for the vanity, independence and self-reliance of all sections of individuals within the area. , Picture Credit score: FILE PHOTO
Members of assorted organizations in Vijayapura have demanded the creation of a North Karnataka state saying that successive governments have uncared for the area and the one method for it to attain prosperity is by attaining statehood.
This comes per week after Congress MLA Raju Kage writing a letter to the Union authorities in search of statehood for North Karnataka.
Chief of Uttara Karnataka Horata Samiti Nagesh Golashetti stated that the demand for statehood doesn’t quantity to division of the State. A brand new State is critical for the vanity, independence and self-reliance of all sections of individuals within the area, he stated.
“We aren’t dividing the nation. This isn’t partition. We’re solely asserting our rights. The previous Minister Umesh Katti stored demanding statehood for North Karnataka. Even leaders like Raju Kage are in help of this demand. Earlier, MP Ramesh Jigajinagi wrote a letter to the Governor demanding statehood for North Karnataka. For many years, big injustice has been executed to North Karnataka by the successive governments,” he stated.
“The area is useful resource wealthy. However they’re underutilized. Governments have uncared for irrigation within the Krishna Basin however they’re centered on the Cauvery, although the Krishna is 3 times larger than the Cauvery,” he stated.
After liberalisation, governments centered on development of IT and BT in Bengaluru, however tier two cities, together with these in North Karnataka, have remained uncared for, he stated.
“The folks of North Karnataka fought an infinite wrestle for unification however right this moment, the folks of South Karnataka are following a step-motherly coverage towards us. None of our calls for have been fulfilled by any authorities. We’ve got been demanding promotion of IT and BT and funding by multinational corporations in North Karnataka however in useless,” he stated.
“Our committee has collected over one crore signatures from the folks of North Karnataka within the final decade. We’ll proceed to battle for it,” he stated.
Mr. Golashetti was joined by leaders of assorted organizations.
Printed – November 20, 2025 08:44 pm IST