The panel has been reconstituted a number of instances over time, usually coinciding with modifications in authorities. An analogous reformation occurred on November 22, 2022, shortly after the Mahayuti alliance got here to energy underneath then Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The Maharashtra authorities has reconstituted its high-powered committee tasked with addressing the long-standing border dispute with Karnataka. A authorities decision (GR) issued on Thursday confirmed the reformation of the committee, which can now be headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The choice to restructure the panel was taken to make sure consensus-based selections by a broad, consultant, and non-partisan physique.
The panel has been reconstituted a number of instances over time, usually coinciding with modifications in authorities. An analogous reformation occurred on November 22, 2022, shortly after the Mahayuti alliance got here to energy underneath then Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The present reshuffle follows the formation of the brand new authorities led by Fadnavis after the final meeting elections.
18 member committee headed by CM Fadnavis
The newly reconstituted 18-member committee is chaired by Chief Minister Fadnavis and contains Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. Former Chief Ministers Narayan Rane, Sharad Pawar, and Prithviraj Chavan are additionally a part of the panel. Different members embody NCP (SP) MLAs Rohit Patil and Jayant Patil, together with ministers Chandrakant Patil, Shambhuraj Desai, Prakash Abitkar, and Suresh Khade. BJP MLAs Sudhir Gadgil and Sachin Kalyan Shetty, in addition to leaders of opposition in each the legislative meeting and council (the place relevant), have additionally been named.
Notably, the Maharashtra Meeting presently lacks a delegated Chief of the Opposition, and legislators from Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress don’t determine within the committee.
Border dispute that traces again to a long time
The Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute traces again to 1957, following the reorganisation of Indian states alongside linguistic strains. Maharashtra has lengthy demanded that Belagavi, previously a part of the Bombay Presidency and residential to a big Marathi-speaking inhabitants, be included in its territory. The state additionally claims over 800 different Marathi-speaking villages presently located in Karnataka.
Karnataka, nonetheless, has constantly rejected these claims, sustaining that the prevailing demarcation based mostly on the States Reorganisation Act and the findings of the 1967 Mahajan Fee Report are closing and binding.