Belagavi bars Shiv Sena (UBT), MES leaders from entering district on Rajyotsava

Belagavi, Oct 31 (UNI) The Belagavi district administration has barred Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders and Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) activists from entering the district on November 1, citing apprehensions of communal and linguistic tensions during Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations. The prohibitory order, issued by Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Mohammed Roshan, will remain in force throughout November 1 under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. According to a police report submitted on October 30, Shiv Sena (UBT) Kolhapur district president Vijay Shamrao Devane was likely to enter Belagavi through the Nipani-Koganoli stretch of National Highway…