Synopsis : Kagwad MLA Raju Kage wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, demanding separate statehood for 15 districts of North Karnataka, claiming that the region has faced injustice, discrimination and neglect in every sector. The MLA said he would raise the issue in detail during the Winter Session of the legislature to be held in Belagavi next month.

The decades-old demand for a separate state of North Karnataka has resurfaced once again. This time, from an MLA of the ruling Congress in the state — Raju Kage. The Kagwad MLA wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, demanding separate statehood for 15 districts of North Karnataka, claiming that the region has faced injustice, discrimination and neglect in every sector.

The proposed districts — Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Yadg

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