Belagavi: If Karnataka government continues its step-motherly act with pro-Maharashtrians living in Karnataka, Kannadigas in Maharashtra will face the heat, warned Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district Shiv Sena president Vijay Devane.
The Shiv Sena leader who was speaking at Maha Melava, a convention organised by Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to protest against Karnataka government for conducting Legislative sessions in Belagavi. Claiming credit for stopping the entry of Karnataka buses in Maharashtra after Karnataka police allegedly assaulted Marathi youths and filed fake cases against them, Devane said that if Karnataka continues with the same attitude, each and every hotel of Kannadiga in Maharashtra will be closed.
“We will break into every house of Kannadiga from Gadingalaj to Chandagad in Maharashtra and show Karnataka what we can do with Kannadigas there,” said Devane.
The convention was attended by Maharashtra MLA’s and hundreds of pro-Maharashtrians amidst extensive police secutity.