<p>The new Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Saturday held its first-ever meeting to resolve the long-pending Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has decided to personally discuss the issue with senior counsel in Supreme Court and noted Constitutional expert Harish Salve.</p>.<p>Thackeray appointed a two-member ministerial<br />team comprising Chhagan Bhujbal of NCP and Eknath Shinde to coordinate<br />efforts on behalf of the government.</p>.<p>After assuming charge, Thackeray had called a meeting of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti. “Cutting across political lines, we have to come together, put up the case in Supreme Court and resolve the issue by including Marathi-speaking villages into the state,” he said.</p>.<p>Earlier this week, in his opening address to Maharashtra legislature, Governor<br />Bhagat Singh Koshyari has expressed its commitment to protect the interests of the Marathi-speaking people along the Maharashtra-Karnataka border.</p>
<p>The new Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Saturday held its first-ever meeting to resolve the long-pending Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute.</p>.<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has decided to personally discuss the issue with senior counsel in Supreme Court and noted Constitutional expert Harish Salve.</p>.<p>Thackeray appointed a two-member ministerial<br />team comprising Chhagan Bhujbal of NCP and Eknath Shinde to coordinate<br />efforts on behalf of the government.</p>.<p>After assuming charge, Thackeray had called a meeting of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti. “Cutting across political lines, we have to come together, put up the case in Supreme Court and resolve the issue by including Marathi-speaking villages into the state,” he said.</p>.<p>Earlier this week, in his opening address to Maharashtra legislature, Governor<br />Bhagat Singh Koshyari has expressed its commitment to protect the interests of the Marathi-speaking people along the Maharashtra-Karnataka border.</p>