Mangaluru: Hindu Mahasabha wants Savarkar circle in city

Mangaluru: The Karnataka unit of the Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to city mayor Diwaker Pandeshwar seeking to construct a circle in front of the KSRTC bus stand at Bejai here in memory of Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar.

The Mahasabha also demanded that a statue of Savarkar be installed in the circle named after the leader.

The memorandum pointed out that Veer Savarkar, one of the founders of the Mahasabha, was a poet, writer and freedom fighter and a force that inspires the people even now. The Mahasabha, in the memorandum, requested the city corporation to provide space for creating a circle and for installing the statue of Veer Savarkar there.

Hindu Mahasabha state president L K Suvarna and district president Rajesh K Yekkur were among those who presented the memorandum to the mayor.