<p>Cutting across party lines, top Maharashtra politicians and leaders would come together under one umbrella on Wednesday for the release of a comprehensive book on the boundary dispute that it has with neighbouring Karnataka.</p>.<p>The book in Marathi – ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Ani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Boundary Dispute: Struggle and Pledge) – running into 530 pages, is a detailed account of Maharashtra’s position on this issue.</p>.<p>A set of cartoons by late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray forms part of the book.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will release the book in the presence of top leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and the opposition BJP. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, himself a four-time Maharashtra chief minister, will preside over the event.</p>.<p>Maharashtra government’s principal secretary Shrikant Deshpande will welcome the guests and give a detailed background about the book.</p>.<p>“The book is very comprehensive and presents a detailed account of the issue right from 1956 to 2021,” said Deepak Pawar, who is the officer on special duty on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, he said that the book deals with the detailed speeches of leaders, discussions in Maharashtra legislature and the position of Maharashtra in the Supreme Court vis-a-vis Karnataka’s stand. “It’s basically to document the issue for future generations,” he said.</p>
<p>Cutting across party lines, top Maharashtra politicians and leaders would come together under one umbrella on Wednesday for the release of a comprehensive book on the boundary dispute that it has with neighbouring Karnataka.</p>.<p>The book in Marathi – ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Ani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Boundary Dispute: Struggle and Pledge) – running into 530 pages, is a detailed account of Maharashtra’s position on this issue.</p>.<p>A set of cartoons by late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray forms part of the book.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will release the book in the presence of top leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and the opposition BJP. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, himself a four-time Maharashtra chief minister, will preside over the event.</p>.<p>Maharashtra government’s principal secretary Shrikant Deshpande will welcome the guests and give a detailed background about the book.</p>.<p>“The book is very comprehensive and presents a detailed account of the issue right from 1956 to 2021,” said Deepak Pawar, who is the officer on special duty on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, he said that the book deals with the detailed speeches of leaders, discussions in Maharashtra legislature and the position of Maharashtra in the Supreme Court vis-a-vis Karnataka’s stand. “It’s basically to document the issue for future generations,” he said.</p>
