For the first time, Tricolour hoisted at Bengaluru’s Idgah Maidan.

Hindus and Muslims participated in Independence Day Prog 2022.

Amid tight security, Ticolour hoisted at Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru for 1st time since 1947, after removing illegal Islamic encroachment.

B Upendran | HENB | Bengaluru | Aug 15, 2022:: Amid tight security, for the first time, the national flag was hoisted at the hotly contested Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet, Bengaluru on Monday.

So far the Idgaha ground was illegally encroached by the Wakf Board and non-Muslims were not allowed to hold any programme there. Recently civic authorities has removed the encroachment through long judicial battle and determined to observe the Independence day programme on 15 August there.

Assistant Commissioner M.G. Shivanna hoisted the flag, where Bengaluru Central MP P.C. Mohan and Chamarajpet MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan were present at the event. The event went on peacefully with around 850 police personnel guarding the ground.

The site has been turned into a police fortress with huge police personnel deputed to maintain law and order.

According to Laxman B. Nibargi, DCP (West), who was present at the event, over 850 police personnel, including Rapid Action Force commandos and eight platoons of Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP), have been deployed at the grounds, and high security will be present around the ground for the full day. The city police have also reportedly put the ground under constant surveillance of over 100 CCTV cameras.

The State Government had directed the Assistant Commissioner of Bengaluru North to hoist the national flag and celebrate Independence Day at Idgah Maidan after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) recently declared the Revenue Department as the default owner of the land.

After the event, Mr. Zameer Ahmed Khan said, “I am happy that the national flag has been hoisted at the Idgah Maidan today. Two months back, when the ground was under the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf, I had announced that I will celebrate and hoist the national flag in the Idgah Maidan for Independence Day and Republic Day. I also announced earlier Karnataka flag will also be hoisted for Kannada Rajyotsava on November 1.”

Meanwhile, some right-wing organisations gathered near the ground and celebrated the event by shouting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai‘‘ slogans.

Earlier, Revenue Minister R. Ashok said that Revenue Department owns the Idgah Maidan, and it would decide on allowing any kind of activity, including the Ganesh festival, on August 31.

The impasse between the BBMP and the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf over the embattled Idgah Maidan saw a breakthrough on August 6 with the civic body, dismissing the petition filed by the Waqf Board for a khata in its favour, declared the Karnataka Revenue Department to be the default owner of the land.

The land ownership dispute, which erupted in May-June this year, saw the BBMP initially claiming that the maidan was a civic property, while Muslim organisations argued that the land was a gazetted wakf property. Pending a resolution, the BBMP had clarified that no official permission would be given for any event on the ground, including those sought by Hindutva organisations to conduct activities on Independence Day.

The flag hoisting was followed by the singing of the national anthem and the state anthem. According to police officials, the flag hoisting event was conducted amidst much “peace and tranquillity” in the region.

Students of Chamarajpet government school performed various cultural activities, including singing patriotic songs, displaying a short play on Onake Obavva, a Hindu warrior who fought the troops of Muslim ruler Hyder Ali at Chitradurga heroically, and dancing to Vande Mataram.

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__Inputs from IANS.

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