Maharashtra has maintained that the Marathi-majority area was unfairly given to Kannada-majority Karnataka in the 1960s language-based reorganization of states . Maharashtra has maintained that the Marathi-majority area was unfairly given to Kannada-majority Karnataka in the 1960s language-based reorganization of states .
Belagavi (Karnataka): After a demonstration in Belagavi by a party named Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, the protester's got smashed with black ink and one of them with stones, Maharashtra has maintained that the Marathi-majority area was unfairly given to Kannada-majority Karnataka in the 1960s' language-based reorganization of states.Karnataka has reaffirmed control of some villages in Maharashtra, sparking a new cycle of conflict in both states, the BJP, as scores of demonstrators carrying the traditional KannadaKarnatakaflag blocked traffic.Two Maharashtra ministers, Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai, called off their planned trip to Belagavi on Monday, saying they were battling a law and order investigation.