<p class="bodytext">The residents of Hosapete and several west taluks of Ballari district are seeing the demand for separate Vijayanagar district finally taking shape after a decade-long struggle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday gave its in-principle approval for carving a new Vijayanagar district out of Ballari. Vijayanagar, if everything works out fine, will be the 31st district of Karnataka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hosapete and west taluks (of Ballari) erupted in joy after learning the Cabinet decision. Social media was abuzz with discussions about the new district and its constituent<br />taluks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In fact the demand for the new Vijayanagar district dates back to 2007, when the newly coined Vijayanagar Zilla Horata Samithi went big with a campaign for a new district. Three months later the agitation lost its steam and soon it turned into a dormant campaign. In the subsequent years the struggle was limited to submitting memoranda to successive governments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The struggle, however, gained steam in 2019. Anand Singh, who was elected on Congress ticket in 2018, quit as MLA and joined the BJP with a condition that Vijaynagar be made a district. The BJP was then struggling to muster numbers to form government, </p>.<p class="bodytext">Anand Singh fought the bypolls on Vijayanagar district issue and had it easy. Right after the byelection, Anand Singh led a delegation to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa demanding the creation of a new district. Yediyurappa responded by moving a note to the chief secretary on carving out Vijayanagar district from Ballari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new district issue did not make any further progress after the BJP legislators from Ballari, led by Somashekar Reddy sternly opposed the move.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Finally, the BJP-led state government on Wednesday set the ball rolling for carving out Vijayanagar district from Ballari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the 11 taluks in Ballari district, four west taluks - Hagaribommanahalli, Kottur, Hadagali and Harapanahalli - will join Kampli and Hosapete to constitute the new Vijayanagar district.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The residents of Hosapete and several west taluks of Ballari district are seeing the demand for separate Vijayanagar district finally taking shape after a decade-long struggle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday gave its in-principle approval for carving a new Vijayanagar district out of Ballari. Vijayanagar, if everything works out fine, will be the 31st district of Karnataka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hosapete and west taluks (of Ballari) erupted in joy after learning the Cabinet decision. Social media was abuzz with discussions about the new district and its constituent<br />taluks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In fact the demand for the new Vijayanagar district dates back to 2007, when the newly coined Vijayanagar Zilla Horata Samithi went big with a campaign for a new district. Three months later the agitation lost its steam and soon it turned into a dormant campaign. In the subsequent years the struggle was limited to submitting memoranda to successive governments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The struggle, however, gained steam in 2019. Anand Singh, who was elected on Congress ticket in 2018, quit as MLA and joined the BJP with a condition that Vijaynagar be made a district. The BJP was then struggling to muster numbers to form government, </p>.<p class="bodytext">Anand Singh fought the bypolls on Vijayanagar district issue and had it easy. Right after the byelection, Anand Singh led a delegation to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa demanding the creation of a new district. Yediyurappa responded by moving a note to the chief secretary on carving out Vijayanagar district from Ballari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new district issue did not make any further progress after the BJP legislators from Ballari, led by Somashekar Reddy sternly opposed the move.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Finally, the BJP-led state government on Wednesday set the ball rolling for carving out Vijayanagar district from Ballari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the 11 taluks in Ballari district, four west taluks - Hagaribommanahalli, Kottur, Hadagali and Harapanahalli - will join Kampli and Hosapete to constitute the new Vijayanagar district.</p>
