Maharashtra politicians flayed by Kannada organizations sate wide

‘Marathi people are being provoked at the cost of linguistic harmony’
‘Many Marathi medium schools in Karnataka get grant-in-aid’
Pro-Kannada leaders and organisation in Belgaum and the state have strongly condemned the allegations of Maharashtra political leaders at the Seema Parishad. The minister had in their speeches stated that the Marathis in Belgaum were facing injustice from the government. They also alleged that political leaders from Maharashtra are provoking Marathi speaking people in Belgaum and border areas of Karnataka by making baseless and false charges against the Karnataka Government.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday District president of Kannada Development Authority, Basavaraj Jagajampi and member Siddanagouda Patil lashed back by accusing the Maharastra government of not supporting the Kannada educational institutes in Maharashtra. They `alleged' that the Maharashtra government had been "killing the Kannada language" by not providing facilities to Kannada schools in the neighbouring state.
Some Stats:
there were 225 Kannada schools in 131 villages surrounding Akkalakote in Maharashtra
Now declined to 68.
one teacher was kept in charge of five schools
No books have been made available for Kannada medium students of PUC and B Ed
Not a single Marathi school had been closed in Karnataka after the reformation of States
332 Marathi and 274 Kannada government schools in Belgaum (rural) and Khanapur taluks have 1,713 and 1,358 teachers
there is one Kannada teacher for 31 students, there is one Marathi teacher for just 22 students.
Effigies of Maharashtra rural development minister Jayanth Patil and Shiva Sena leader Baba Saheb in Davanagere on Saturday, in protest against their insulting speeches against Kannadigas at a Marathi convention by Nava Nirman Vedike. The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), Narayana Gowda faction, blocked NH-4 near Baada Cross on Saturday evening.

Source: The Hindu & TOI