Karnataka-Maharashtra dispute about Belgaum

Both the states stake a claim for the city.
Karnataka wants the Meher Chand Mahajan Commission’s report of 1967 to be implemented in toto. Karnataka held a historic Assembly session in Belgaum on 25.09.06 to strengthen their claim for the city.
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi have been waging a relentless battle for the merger of Belgaum with Maharashtra.