MES trying to breathe life into border issue
1:22 PM Posted by ukmad
A besieged MES over the past few years is trying back to win the hearts of the people in Belgaum and other areas. MES launched a campaign across Maharashtra to intensify its movement for the merger of Marathi speaking areas of Karnataka with Maharashtra. Leaders are having a Janajagruti Abhiyan in Chandgad, Satara and Pune before heading for Mumbai. The Abhiyan which started from Shivaji Garden Shahpur will end at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on August Kranti Day.
MES is on tenterhooks to gain the support of the people of Maharashtra in exerting pressure on the Centre to declare Belgaum a Union Territory until the boundary dispute is settled in the Supreme Court. Several MES leaders like Kiran Thakur, Vijay More, Shivaji Sunthkar, T.K. Patil and V.B. Chougale, who are participating in the campaign, said they would meet Maharashtra leaders in Mumbai to revive the struggle.
It appears to have planned the Maharashtra campaign as a last ditch effort to revive its fortunes.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
August 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM
This is not the last ditch and will never be the last effort….this agitation will continue till we the people of Belgaum are finally called as a part of Maharashtra. Let me remind the journalist of this paper that our struggle to be merged with Maharashtra has been going on for more then 50 years. Do not underestimate the power of us Maharashtrians, we will surely by gods grace see a day when Belgaum is a part of Maharashtra.
Jai Ambabai, Jai Maharastra, Jai Shivaji……..
August 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM
hmmmmm...dream on !
August 21, 2009 at 3:38 AM
Maharashtrians should be united on this issue.