Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti

Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र एकीकरण समिती, MES) is a regional party based in Belgaum (Belgavi) city of India's Karnataka state. It established for a struggle to merge Belgaum to Maharashtra. It claims to represent the Marathi-speaking people in the region.

History

Maharashtra has a long-standing dispute with Karnataka on the status of Belgaum district in north-west Karnataka. Belgaum was merged into Karnataka, based on historic facts. The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) came into being in 1948 for the sole purpose of getting Belgaum into Maharashtra.

Politics

In 2013 Municipal Corporation election in Belgaum, party won 33 seats out of the 58 Wards.[1] In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, the party won 2 seats.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Marathi flag poised in Belgaum BMC election". 11 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Happy over defeat of anti-Marathi Karnataka govt: Uddhav Thackeray". Indian Express. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

See also


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