What is the reason for increase of the. Demand for separate state in karnataka recently
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Uttara Karnataka Horata Samiti has called for a North Karnataka bandh on August 2, accusing the state government of neglecting 13 districts in the northern half of the state.
Some of the reasons for calling this bandh include the poor budgetary allocation for these districts in Kumarswamy's Budget that was presented on July 5.
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Poor representation of leaders from the north in the JDS-Congress cabinet has also raised protests. There are also demands to make a second capital in the north as well as a speedy resolution to the Mahadayi issue that has adversely impacted farmers of the region.
Meanwhile, politics over the demand of a separate state for north Karnataka continues. While the BJP and its state president BS Yeddyuruppa blames HD Deve Gowda and CM Kumaraswamy for having vested interests in dividing the state, he has also clarified that the BJP doesn’t support the demand of separate statehood. He also met with various seers who were sitting on a dharna outside Suvarna Souda in Belgavi and urged them to withdraw their support towards this cause.