Belagavi: Maratha flag on Nippani CMC attracts admin question. Hubli News – Times of India

Belagavi: District administration has sought a detailed report on the saffron flag Maratha The flag hoists at Nippany City Municipal Corporation (NCMC).
The flag was first flown in May 1990 and has remained there ever since.
The Project Director of the District Urban Development Cell has written to the NCMC Commissioner seeking a detailed report on the flag after reviewing the issue. Karnataka Municipalities (KP) Act. “I am directed to submit a detailed report reviewing the issue under the KP Act 1964 along with necessary documents,” the letter said.
The objection to the flag has come at a time when demand is being made from there. kannada pro Organization to ban Maharashtra Integration Committee, a socio-linguistic organization that has its roots in Belagavi He has been accused of damaging the symbols associated with the cultural symbols of Karnataka.
The issue of flags came to the fore when an RTI activist Bhimappa Gadad submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Belagavi. MG Hiremath Demand to remove the flag Bhimappa told TOI that under section 372A of the KP Act, it is unconstitutional to hoist any flag other than the national flag. He submitted the memorandum on this basis.
Responding to an RTI query on the flag, Nippani CMC said that the corporation started hoisting the flag in May 1990 after it was decided by its members and was there for all these years.

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