Governor gives approval for HDMC bifurcation but panel to continue protest
Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has conditionally approved the bifurcation of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation to create a new Municipal Corporation for Dharwad. Despite this approval, the Separate Corporation Agitation Committee plans to continue its protests until they receive official communication from the State government. Tensions escalated at the protest site as leaders from both the BJP and Congress engaged in a verbal confrontation over the issue.
- ▪Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot gave conditional approval for the bifurcation of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation.
- ▪The Separate Corporation Agitation Committee will continue protests until they receive official communication from the State government.
- ▪Tensions rose at the protest site with BJP and Congress leaders clashing verbally over the issue.
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Even as Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on Tuesday gave conditional approval to a proposal for bifurcating Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation so as to facilitate the creation of a new Municipal Corporation for Dharwad, the Separate Corporation Agitation Committee has decided to continue the agitation till it receives official communication from the State government on the issue.Meanwhile, there was high drama at the protest site in Dharwad on Tuesday, where the leaders of both the BJP and the Congress who took out their own protest marches in support of the demand for a new municipal corporation, came face to face, engaged in a verbal battle and stopped just short of manhandling each other.On Tuesday, Congress leaders led by Nagaraj Gouri took out their march to the protest site with…
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