Vitthal Heroor supporters set one-week deadline for statue installation
Supporters of the late MLC Vitthal Heroor have issued a one-week ultimatum to the district administration to install his statue at a specific location in Kalaburagi. They expressed concern over potential communal friction following the unauthorized installation of a different statue at the same site.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the sensitive nature of public iconography and community representation in local Indian politics.
Members of the Vitthal Heroor Abhimaniagala Samiti have given the district administration a week to install a statue of former MLC Vitthal Heroor at Afzalpur cross near the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka High Court and name a circle after him, failing which they have threatened to stage a protest in the city on October 16.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, samiti members Avvanna Myakeri and Basavaraj Bodihal said the circle had already been named after Heroor in 2015 and was located on the route towards Afzalpur, with which the late leader had a close association.
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