Governor gives approval for HDMC bifurcation but panel to continue protest

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Members of the BJP and the Congress, who came to widen  enactment    to the agitation, are progressive   successful  a heated statement   astatine  the protestation  tract  successful  Dharwad connected  Tuesday.

Members of the BJP and the Congress, who came to widen enactment to the agitation, are progressive successful a heated statement astatine the protestation tract successful Dharwad connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Even arsenic Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot connected Tuesday gave conditional support to a connection for bifurcating Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation truthful arsenic to facilitate the instauration of a caller Municipal Corporation for Dharwad, the Separate Corporation Agitation Committee has decided to proceed the agitation till it receives authoritative connection from the State authorities connected the issue.

Meanwhile, determination was precocious play astatine the protestation tract successful Dharwad connected Tuesday, wherever the leaders of some the BJP and the Congress who took retired their ain protestation marches successful enactment of the request for a caller municipal corporation, came look to face, engaged successful a verbal conflict and stopped conscionable abbreviated of manhandling each other.

On Tuesday, Congress leaders led by Nagaraj Gouri took retired their march to the protestation tract with assorted euphony bands and hundreds of people.

Close down them, BJP leaders with hundreds of radical marched to the protestation tract successful enactment of the demand, accusing the Congress of politicising the contented and misleading the Governor.

As some the groups came look to look astatine the protestation site, a verbal duel started, with them accusing each different of politicising the contented and questioning their relation successful the improvement of Dharwad.

Those sitting connected agitation and the constabulary unit had a hard clip controlling them and pacifying them. Both the enactment leaders accused their counterparts of doing thing for instauration of a caller municipal corp for Dharwad and its development.

Governor’s approval

When the erstwhile Mayor of Hubballi-Dharwad and BJP person Shivu Hiremath referred to the Governor’s support and started speechmaking the support letter, the Congress leaders objected to the “conditions” and said that the BJP leaders should person convinced the Governor of the request to bash distant with the “conditions”.

The verbal duel continued till day until elder advocator and agitation committee subordinate B.D. Hiremath, who has begun a day-and-night indefinite dharna, intervened and took to task the leaders of some the parties for politicising the issue.

He said that the BJP leaders should person convinced the Governor of the request to springiness unconditional support and lone then, they would person go eligible for praise.

As, now, the shot is successful the tribunal of Congress-led State government, it should instantly convene a peculiar Cabinet gathering to travel retired with solutions to code the conditions laid down by the Governor and instrumentality further steps to facilitate the instauration of a caller municipal corporation, helium said and added that the Congress leaders should present bash their spot of getting the enactment done astatine the earliest.

Mr. Hiremath said that it is clip for showing unity successful the combat arsenic was done during the High Court agitation.

“As it is an apolitical fight, each governmental parties should articulation hands successful the fight,” helium told them. Consequently, each governmental enactment leaders came connected signifier and expressed their solidarity with the agitation committee.

Mr. Hiremath besides urged for a circular array gathering involving Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and territory in-charge Minister Santosh Lad to find a solution.

Meanwhile, the agitation committee has announced that the protestation volition proceed and the telephone for Dharwad Bandh volition stay valid till the support missive reached them done the Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad and the State authorities took contiguous steps to find a solution.

Published - May 26, 2026 08:29 p.m. IST

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