<p>Tumakuru: Home Minister G Parameshwara has said that permission was granted to hoist national flag at Keragodu village in Mandya, but the organizers unfurled saffron flag.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Parameshwara said that permission was not issued for hoisting saffron flag. “Therefore, the panchayat officials removed the saffron flag and hoisted the tricolour. As a result there was a ruckus and the police resorted to light caning,” he said.</p>.<p>The Home minister said that saffron flag cannot be hoisted on government land, but it can be hoisted anywhere else. </p>.<p>He said that the BJP was attempting to project the Congress as anti-Hindu. “But, we are also Hindus and we are only telling them to conduct themselves within the framework of law,” he added. </p>
<p>Tumakuru: Home Minister G Parameshwara has said that permission was granted to hoist national flag at Keragodu village in Mandya, but the organizers unfurled saffron flag.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Parameshwara said that permission was not issued for hoisting saffron flag. “Therefore, the panchayat officials removed the saffron flag and hoisted the tricolour. As a result there was a ruckus and the police resorted to light caning,” he said.</p>.<p>The Home minister said that saffron flag cannot be hoisted on government land, but it can be hoisted anywhere else. </p>.<p>He said that the BJP was attempting to project the Congress as anti-Hindu. “But, we are also Hindus and we are only telling them to conduct themselves within the framework of law,” he added. </p>