Separate statehood for the North Karnataka – Umesh Katti
Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, Mr. Umesh Katti demanded the Congress State government to convene a special session of the legislature to declare separate statehood for the North Karnataka region immediately.
Katti had made such appeals earlier as well but did not garner much support from within his party.
But now it seems he has found allies in his rival Congress party – former minister Basavaraj Rayareddy, MLA Malikayya Guttedar, MLA and A.S. Patil Nadahalli, MLA.
Katti had raised this issue of separate statehood to NK way back in October 2012.