<p>With the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute snowballing into a war-of-words, deputy chief minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said that the Centre should intervene in the matter.</p>.<p>“When two states are at dispute, the Centre should intervene,” Pawar, the nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Pawar reiterated on Thursday what Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had stated earlier.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/declare-marathi-speaking-karnataka-maharashtra-border-areas-as-ut-uddhav-943924.html">Read | Declare Marathi-speaking Karnataka-Maharashtra border areas as UT: Uddhav Thackeray</a></strong></p>.<p>“The name of Belgaum was changed to Belagavi...which was then made the second capital...a Vidhana Soudha was built and then a legislature session was held,” Pawar said. “The Centre needs to take an impartial view of the issue,” he added.</p>
<p>With the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute snowballing into a war-of-words, deputy chief minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said that the Centre should intervene in the matter.</p>.<p>“When two states are at dispute, the Centre should intervene,” Pawar, the nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Pawar reiterated on Thursday what Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had stated earlier.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/declare-marathi-speaking-karnataka-maharashtra-border-areas-as-ut-uddhav-943924.html">Read | Declare Marathi-speaking Karnataka-Maharashtra border areas as UT: Uddhav Thackeray</a></strong></p>.<p>“The name of Belgaum was changed to Belagavi...which was then made the second capital...a Vidhana Soudha was built and then a legislature session was held,” Pawar said. “The Centre needs to take an impartial view of the issue,” he added.</p>