Forum terms statement by Joshi, Bellad on reduced funds after bifurcation baseless

Even arsenic the connection for instauration of Greater Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation was passed amid ruckus present connected Thursday, the Dharwad Separate Municipal Corporation Development Forum has opposed the determination and termed baseless the claims that allocation of funds volition get reduced if the bifurcation of the corp happened.

Forum president Venkatesh Machanur has claimed that the connection made by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and MLA Arvind Bellad lacks substance and is an effort to mislead the public.