<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday promised to call a meeting of elected representatives from Belagavi to discuss carving a new district out of it. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Responding to a demand made by Chikodi MP, Prakash Hukkeri, Siddaramaiah said that during his first tenure as deputy chief minister, he had strongly pitched for carving out new districts.<br /><br />Accordingly, the then chief minister J H Patel announced some new districts. It was also decided to make Chikodi a new district. But the proposal was shot down following disagreements among local leaders. <br /><br />But now that a fresh demand has been made to carve out a new district out of Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said, he would call a meeting of elected representatives soon to take a decision in this regard. <br /><br />The chief minister was speaking at a ceremony in Chikodi to lay the foundation stone for the upgrade of state highway 18 (from Mudhol in Bagalkot district to Nippani in Belagavi). <br /><br />Siddaramaiah had given a similar assurance on an earlier visit to Belagavi to inaugurate to the police commissionerate. <br /><br />Earlier, Hukkeri demanded making Chikodi a new district but clarified that he would not raise objections if Gokak was also made a district. But Chikodi must be made a district, he asserted. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday promised to call a meeting of elected representatives from Belagavi to discuss carving a new district out of it. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Responding to a demand made by Chikodi MP, Prakash Hukkeri, Siddaramaiah said that during his first tenure as deputy chief minister, he had strongly pitched for carving out new districts.<br /><br />Accordingly, the then chief minister J H Patel announced some new districts. It was also decided to make Chikodi a new district. But the proposal was shot down following disagreements among local leaders. <br /><br />But now that a fresh demand has been made to carve out a new district out of Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said, he would call a meeting of elected representatives soon to take a decision in this regard. <br /><br />The chief minister was speaking at a ceremony in Chikodi to lay the foundation stone for the upgrade of state highway 18 (from Mudhol in Bagalkot district to Nippani in Belagavi). <br /><br />Siddaramaiah had given a similar assurance on an earlier visit to Belagavi to inaugurate to the police commissionerate. <br /><br />Earlier, Hukkeri demanded making Chikodi a new district but clarified that he would not raise objections if Gokak was also made a district. But Chikodi must be made a district, he asserted. <br /><br /></p>
