PANAJI
Karnataka’s ex-Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at the latter’s official residence at Altinho on Wednesday. Asked if the meeting was political, Bommai told media persons that it was a courtesy visit to extend New Year greetings to Sawant. “The meeting was neither about politics nor the Mhadei River issue,” he added.
Bommai, in 2022, made news when he claimed that he had written to his Goa counterpart seeking at least one acre of land to set up a Kannada bhavan in a bid to promote Kannada art and culture. Although the efforts were futile before, Bommai had claimed his government in Karnataka had taken all steps to promote the Konkani language and literature in his state.
