<p>Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today termed the Karnataka government's move to have a separate flag as "against the nation's integrity" and sought imposition of president's rule in the state.<br /><br />He said that the Siddaramaiah dispensation's move to form a panel to look into legalities of having a separate flag for the state was against the Constitution and demanded that the Karnataka government be "dissolved".<br /><br />"I think it is anti-constitutional for a state to make such a demand in a federal structure, is against the national integrity. Such a government should be immediately dissolved and president's rule be imposed there," he told reporters.<br /><br />Hitting out at Siddaramaiah, Raut quipped the Karnataka chief minister may tomorrow seek the state to be declared as a separate country or demand for himself status equivalent to the prime minister.<br /><br />The state government has formed a nine-member committee to submit a report on designing a separate flag for the state and providing a legal standing for it.<br /><br />The chief minister has defended the move, saying there is no constitutional provision against it.<br /><br />If the flag comes into being, Karnataka will be the second state to have its official flag after Jammu and Kashmir, which enjoys a special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.</p>
<p>Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today termed the Karnataka government's move to have a separate flag as "against the nation's integrity" and sought imposition of president's rule in the state.<br /><br />He said that the Siddaramaiah dispensation's move to form a panel to look into legalities of having a separate flag for the state was against the Constitution and demanded that the Karnataka government be "dissolved".<br /><br />"I think it is anti-constitutional for a state to make such a demand in a federal structure, is against the national integrity. Such a government should be immediately dissolved and president's rule be imposed there," he told reporters.<br /><br />Hitting out at Siddaramaiah, Raut quipped the Karnataka chief minister may tomorrow seek the state to be declared as a separate country or demand for himself status equivalent to the prime minister.<br /><br />The state government has formed a nine-member committee to submit a report on designing a separate flag for the state and providing a legal standing for it.<br /><br />The chief minister has defended the move, saying there is no constitutional provision against it.<br /><br />If the flag comes into being, Karnataka will be the second state to have its official flag after Jammu and Kashmir, which enjoys a special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.</p>