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The Hindu Bureau

M.B. Patil proposes renaming Vijayapura after Basaveshwara and says nothing wrong in calling Karnataka ‘Basava Naadu’

After KPCC chief and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar proposed to rename Ramanagara as Bengaluru South, his Cabinet colleague and Industries Minister M.B. Patil on Friday mooted an idea to rename Vijayapura after 12th-century social reformer Basaveshwara.

Mr. Patil went a step further and said there was nothing wrong in calling Karnataka ‘Basava Naadu’, at a time when the State is celebrating the golden jubilee of renaming the Mysore State as Karnataka.

To be discussed with CM

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