The Belagavi district administration on Saturday closed and sealed 4 centres that have been providing companies associated to ‘Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Janarogya Vima Yojna’ of the Maharashtra authorities in Belagavi metropolis.

The scheme has been launched by Maharashtra authorities solely for the Marathi talking individuals residing in 865 border cities and villages of Karnataka. Copies of an enterprise declaring oneself as “Marathi speaking person” and suggestion letters from Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti (MES) have been reportedly being distributed at these centres.

District Health and Family Welfare officer Mahesh Koni informed presspersons that based mostly on the criticism filed by district motion committee of Kannada organisations that the Maharashtra authorities was attempting to “instigate Marathi-speaking persons of Karnataka” and had arrange unauthorised centres, raids have been performed on Saturday.

“At all the four centres it was found that without any authorisation and permissions, these centres were providing service related to health insurance scheme of neighbouring State. We have closed and sealed all the four centres and issued show cause notices to those running them,” Dr. Kone stated.

Kannada activists had alleged that at a time when the border row was nonetheless earlier than the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra authorities had introduced the scheme for the sake of fabricating paperwork to show that Marathi-speaking individuals of Karnataka have been in favour of Maharashtra.