Border issue to the fore in Belagavi
The Hindu
Tensions on the border of Karnataka and Maharashtra are back again, this time with Kannada and Marathi groups targeting vehicles and shops belonging to other language groups.
There have been attempts by Marathi and Kannada groups at blackening of boards and stoning of vehicles in Belagavi and Kolhapur. The problem got complicated with the Shiv Sena openly supporting Marathi groups in Belagavi, while Kannada groups in Belagavi like Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, who are leading the protest, do not have any political party backing them directly.
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