Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar.
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Inauguration held off following the controversy.
The invite extended by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for inauguration of the Yelahanka flyover sparked off a political controversy on Wednesday with the initial intimation suggesting that it would be named after Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar.
As leaders of the Opposition, including two former chief ministers, required to Twitter to highly criticise the relocation, the civic body fasted to re-issue another invitation. This time, the invite mentioned just the inauguration of the flyover without calling it. The inauguration, set up for Thursday, has been postponed citing COVID-19- associated limitations.
Former Chief Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah required to social media platforms to express their opposition to the move right after the first intimation came. They demanded that the State federal government rescind its decision and call the flyover after a freedom fighter from Karn