Maharashtra Assembly winter session begins in Nagpur; flares over border row with Karnataka
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told legislators to not politicize the border row anymore saying that Union Home Minister has mediated the issue.

Eknath Shinde at Vidhan Bhavan | Twitter
The winter session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly kicked off today, December 19, at Nagpur's Vidhan Bhavan with flares over border row. Amid the spar of words, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde speaking on border issue said that there should not be any politics on it now.
"For the first time, the Union Home Minister has mediated in the inter-state border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka. There should be no politics on this issue now. We should stand together with the border residents," said Chief Minister Shinde.
Leader of Opposition, NCP leader Ajit Pawar staged a protest in the Assembly after Member of Parliament Dhairyasheel Mane was barred from going to Belagavi. Pawar had earlier demanded the CMs talk with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the border issue be made public.
Meanwhile, Chhagan Bhujbal asked CM Shinde to move a resolution in support of Marathi speaking people from border area and it should be passed unanimously, he said.
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