Special police security has been provided at the residence of Mandya Congress MLA Ganiga Ravi Kumar who has been accused by local JD(S) leaders of instigating the saffron flag controversy in Keragodu village.
Caste, rather than communal, politics is the hallmark of this region, unlike coastal belt. But BJP has already got a foot in the door in the Vokkaliga-dominated area via JD(S)
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Hundreds of right-wing activists have been accused of staging protests in violation of prohibitory orders during the removal of a saffron Hanuman flag from within the premises of the Keragodu gram panchayat office.
The Mandya district administration held the panchayat development officer of Keragodu responsible for the tension in the village over hoisting of Lord Hanuman flag.