Bangalore: Tricolour hoisted at Idgah Maidan

Bangalore:  The Tricolour was on Monday hoisted for the first time since independence at the controversial Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru.
The site has been turned into a police fortress with more than 1,000 personnel deputed to maintain law and order.
Flag hoisting was carried out by the Bengaluru North Sub-Division officer Shivanna attached to the Revenue Department.
Congress MLA and former minister Zameer Ahmad Khan, Bengaluru Central MP P.C. Mohan and other officers were also present.
The administration had arranged 300 chairs for the public. After the flag hoisting, students from BBMP schools performed cultural programmes and the Revenue Department as well as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities distributed sweets to the public.
Confusion prevailed in the premises as members of the Chamarajpet Citizen Forum questioned authorities for denying permission for them to hoist the Tricolour as they had fought over years for the same.