Veer Savarkar Poster / Controversy over Veer Savarkars poster in Karnataka curfew imposed in Shimoga

Veer Savarkar Poster: In Shimoga, Karnataka, some people tried to remove the posters of Veer Savarkar and put posters of Tipu Sultan, after which there has been an atmosphere of tension in the area at this time. The whole matter is of Amir Ahmed circle. The police had to lathi-charge to disperse the people. At present, Section 144 has been imposed in the entire Shimoga town.

A similar case came to the fore on Sunday, where the posters of Veer Savarkar were torn. After which the police registered the case. Today again a similar case has come to the fore. In protest against this incident, posters of Tipu Sultan were also torn in Bengaluru yesterday.

Veer Savarkar's banner removed in Mangaluru

At the same time, a banner renaming Mangaluru's Suratkal square after Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar has been removed. The workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) had objected to this banner. The Suratkal unit of SDPI objected to the banner and brought it to the notice of the police. Corporation commissioner Akshay Sridhar had ordered to remove the banner, after which the banner was removed on Sunday evening.

Municipal Corporation had approved the proposal

The Municipal Corporation of Mangaluru city had earlier accepted a proposal to name the intersection after Savarkar on the request of Y Bharat Shetty, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) MLA from Mangaluru North. The municipal corporation is waiting for the government's nod to officially name it after Savarkar.