Savarkar's posters on Congress office in Vijayapura spark tension

BJP workers attempt to picket the Congress party office in Jalanagar in Vijayapura on Monday. Credit: DH Photo

The Congress party workers stage a protest at Gandhi Chowk condemning pasting of Savarkar's posters on their party office walls and window panes. DH Photos

Tensions prevailed for a while after BJP Yuva Morcha president Basavaraj Hugar pasted V D Savarkar’s posters on the walls and window panes of the Congress party office here at Jalanagar on Monday.

The police immediately removed the posters and tightened security in and around the party office. The Congress party leaders staged a flash protest against the incident at Gandhi Chowk.

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The police detained a group of BJP workers who were heading to the Congress party office to picket. They were released later.

District Congress unit’s Prof Raju Alagur said, “Those who pasted Savarkar’s poster should be arrested. The Congress workers will paste posters of leaders the BJP opposes if action is not taken for pasting Savarkar’s poster.”

The Congress party workers have lodged a complaint against Hugar with Jalanagar police.