Karnataka Bans Gatherings In Shivamogga After Clash Over Savarkar Poster
A man was stabbed in Karnataka's Shivamogga district allegedly as two groups clashed over a banner featuring the image of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, whom the BJP considers one of its biggest icons. Reports said one group had put up the banner and another removed it and tried to replace it with a poster featuring Tipu Sultan, the 18th Century ruler who had fought against the British and was killed in fourth Anglo-Mysore war.
