A political row has erupted in Karnataka after Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa was seen waving a saffron flag during an event of the Sri Krishna Mutt in Udupi Sunday. The legal and human rights department of the Udupi district Congress has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking action against the official for waving “an RSS flag”.
The BJP has highlighted the letter to accuse the Karnataka Congress government of being anti-Hindu. Swaroopa, meanwhile, said that she had flagged off the event in her capacity as the administrator of Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC).
The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday when a procession was taken out from Jodukatte to Sri Krishna Mutt as part of a biannual ‘Paryayotsava’. “Prior to the procession, Udupi (BJP) MLA Yashpal Suvarna handed over the RSS flag to the DC. DC lifted the flag and exhibited it,” noted the complaint by Harish Shetty, president of the Udupi Congress legal and human rights department.
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