Shiv Sena Chief, Mr Bal Thackeray, said on Monday the Congress-led government in Maharashtra has “betrayed” the State by agreeing to share its water resources with scarcity-hit districts in Karnataka. He termed the decision as “shocking.”

“It seems that Maharashtra government has taken a contract to feed a snake. In Karnataka, immense atrocities are being heaped on Marathi-speaking people but our government has forgotten those atrocities and decided to share water with that State,” Mr Thackeray said, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.

“Not a drop of water should be given to Karnataka government which has always been unjust to Marathi-speaking populace there,” he said.

Despite a long-drawn dispute over Belgaum issue, Maharashtra and Karnataka recently agreed to share water for the people in the dry districts of both the states.

Both the Congress-led government in Maharashtra and the BJP government in Karnataka have agreed to keep aside politics over the border issue.

Maharashtra government has agreed to release water from Dudhganga and Warna rivers to the border districts of Karnataka till the monsoon.

In return, Karnataka would release Almati backwater which can help overcome prevailing scarcity in Jat taluka of Sangli district in western Maharashtra.

These decisions were taken at the meeting between the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, and a delegation of Karnataka Ministers comprising the Agriculture Minister, Mr Umesh Katti, and the Industries Minister, Mr Murugesh Nirani

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