Karnataka government unveils its own tricolour state flag
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Updated: Mar 08, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
Months before state Assembly elections, Karnataka government today unveiled a tricolour flag with the state’s symbol "Gandaberunda" at the centre. The state Cabinet is likely to clear the proposal of a separate state flag and will send it to the Centre for an amendment to the Flag Code, 2002.
Siddaramaiah government had constituted a nine-member committee last year to design the state flag. The panel has recommending a yellow-white-and-red flag for the state.
The committee had recommended that white, symbolising peace, captures Karnataka’s image best along with the two other two colours that have become synonymous with the Kannada identity.
If approved, Karnataka will be only the second state to have its separate state flag after Kashmir, which is allowed to have a flag under Article 370 of the Constitution.
The government — after the Cabinet approval — will write to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to amend to the Flag Code, 2002.
The issue may initiate a hot political debate between the Karnataka Congress as BJP has opposed the suggestions of a separate flag of the state saying a separate flag would be against the unity and integrity of the country.
Siddaramaiah government had constituted a nine-member committee last year to design the state flag. The panel has recommending a yellow-white-and-red flag for the state.
The committee had recommended that white, symbolising peace, captures Karnataka’s image best along with the two other two colours that have become synonymous with the Kannada identity.
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— ANI (@ANI) 1520496729000If approved, Karnataka will be only the second state to have its separate state flag after Kashmir, which is allowed to have a flag under Article 370 of the Constitution.
The government — after the Cabinet approval — will write to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to amend to the Flag Code, 2002.
The issue may initiate a hot political debate between the Karnataka Congress as BJP has opposed the suggestions of a separate flag of the state saying a separate flag would be against the unity and integrity of the country.
