Congress govt had opened fire on Hindus for trying to hoist tricolour at Hubli Idgah
Op IndiaIn a landmark judgement delivered last night, the Karnataka High Court allowed the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations to go ahead at the Idgah ground in Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka. The Idgah Maidan in Hubli has been a subject of dispute for decades, with Muslims claiming that they own the ground exclusively, while the administration maintains that it’s a govt property only leased to Muslims. The long-standing ownership dispute was ended in 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled that the Idgah Maidan was the exclusive property of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation. The Veerappa Moily govt had sided with the Muslims to not allow the Hindu organisations to hoist the national flag at the Idgah Maidan in Hubli on 15th August 1994. After the Supreme Court verdict in January 2010 saying that the ground is owned by HDMC, the municipal corporation started to hoist the tricolour at the ground starting from Republic Day that year.
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