Caption: Activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) protested in Belagavi on Monday and submitted a memorandum to the district administration.Belagavi: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists protested in Belagavi on Monday, demanding that the Maharashtra govt not be permitted to construct Maharashtra Gadi Bhavan in Belagavi.The protesters warned MP Jagadish Shettar that if he does not raise their voice in Parliament against the Marathi speakers, they will stage a sit-in protest in front of his house.The activists who gathered at Channamma Circle raised slogans against Marathi speakers who are plotting against Karnataka, and against MP Shettar, who did not respond to the provocation. The protesters, who went to the deputy commissioner’s office in a procession, submitted a memorandum to the govt through the DC.In a memorandum to the state govt, they stated that, for the past five decades, MES leaders in Belagavi used the Maharashtra govt to display their activities. “Now they plotted to build a Maharashtra Gadi Bhavan in Belagavi. The district administration should not allow the construction of such a building under any circumstances,” they urged.In a memorandum submitted to MP Shettar, they stated that when the issue of the Belagavi border and language comes up, the leaders of Maharashtra raise their voices in Parliament without any party affiliation. However, the Karnataka MPs remain silent. It is the responsibility of the MPs to respond to the leaders of Maharashtra, and if they remain silent, all Kannada speakers will have to launch a mass movement. They requested, with great concern, that he raise his voice in favour of land, water, and language.KRV district president Deepak Gudaganatti, Suresh Gavannavar, Ganesh Rokhade, Raju Nashipudi, Satish Gudadavar, and Dasharat Banoshi were present.
