Like last year, the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation on Thursday resolved to give permission for public celebration of Ganesh festival at the Idgah Maidan in Hubballi, amid opposition from the Opposition members.
As the issue came up before the council meeting as a subject in the additional agenda along with two other issues, the Congress members objected to it, saying that the issue has been introduced in the additional agenda without bringing it to the notice of the Opposition members. They rushed to the well of the House and entered into an argument with Mayor Veena Baradwad.
Amid the uproar, the BJP councillors tried to intervene saying that it is the prerogative of the Mayor to include subjects in the additional agenda and the Opposition members can express their views during discussion on the subject.
