Kannada organisations in Belagavi have opposed Maharashtra government’s plans to provide health insurance to Marathi speakers in Belagavi and other border districts. They have urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to ask Maharashtra to stop it.
They say this is against the spirit of federalism, and would amount to insulting the government of Karnataka. Activists also suspect that the scheme is a clandestine attempt to collect the data of Marathi speakers in Karnataka.
