Bangalore: Sitting in home office ‘Krishna’ and conducting a Janatha face-to-face meeting, CM DV Sadananda Gowda expressed deep concern over hatred between the Marathas and Kannadigas over Belgaum, blocking mutual friendship.

He was prepared to meet Balasaheb Thackeray, he told press to smoothen the ruffled relationships by talks.

Both states are neighbors and have huge populations of each other in them.

Both political leaders inject poison by hateful remarks, Gowda felt. There is no need to over-react to whatever is said on either side, he cautioned