Savarkar Portrait

Karnataka Speaker UT Khader on Thursday said there is no proposal to remove the life size portrait of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar from the Assembly chamber here.

The Karnataka BJP government's move to put up Veer Savarkar's portrait inside the state assembly has triggered opposition protests on the steps outside the assembly building.

Security has been heightened in Udupi in the wake of communal tension prevailing in neighbouring Shivamogga district over objections by Popular Front of India (PFI) against portraits of Veer Savarkar put up in that city.

A portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar in the picture gallery of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has sparked a row, with Congress MLC Deepak Singh raising an objection and writing a letter to the Chairman seeking its removal.

Karnataka Speaker UT Khader on Thursday said there is no proposal to remove the life size portrait of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar from the Assembly chamber here.

The Karnataka BJP government's move to put up Veer Savarkar's portrait inside the state assembly has triggered opposition protests on the steps outside the assembly building.

Security has been heightened in Udupi in the wake of communal tension prevailing in neighbouring Shivamogga district over objections by Popular Front of India (PFI) against portraits of Veer Savarkar put up in that city.

A portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar in the picture gallery of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has sparked a row, with Congress MLC Deepak Singh raising an objection and writing a letter to the Chairman seeking its removal.