Belagavi: The acts of disrespecting the Kannada flag continued in the Maharastra-Karnataka Border districts. Some Congress activists in Kolhapur defiled the Kannada flag by smearing it with black ink, walking a dog over it, and later burning it down during a protest. The deplorable move has invited sharp criticisms from the Kannadigas.
The incident happened at Mirajkar Tikti in neighboring Kohlapur city on Sunday. A symbol of Kannada is being disrespected as a protest against the desecration of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue, a symbol of Maratha valor, in Bengaluru a few days ago.
The situation in the border district is tense due to the repeated insults to symbols of Karnataka. On Saturday miscreants uprooted a statue of Sangolli Rayanna in Belagavi, while in Maharashtra Shiv Sena and Congress workers burnt the Kannada flag.
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The repeated retaliatory activities are further inflaming the tensions on both sides.
