The Hindutva organisations have opposed the painting of the walls of the Kalaburagi railway station in the Indian state of Karnataka in green colour and given a deadline to the authorities to remove it. The Hindutva organisations have warned that if the green colour was not removed within 15 days, the total railway station would be painted in BJP-RSS saffron colour. The authorities have taken up the painting work of the front portion of the railway station. Currently, two walls of the railway station have been painted in green colour.

The activists of Hindutva group, Jagaran Vedike, staged a protest in the premises of the railway station and raised slogans against the authorities. They maintained that the police station was being painted in green colour to appease the Muslim community. Lakshmikantha Sadhwi, a Hindutva member, stated that the railway station “building must be painted with any colour other than green”. She said, the yellow and red colours of the Kannada flag could also be used. Otherwise, the railway building will be painted with saffron colour”.

The railway authorities have stopped the painting work following the opposition and protest. They have also got another layer painted on the present green colour. The administration of the police station maintained that the painting work was taken up on the orders of higher authorities. The painting was done based on the suggestion of architects. A staffer at the Kalaburagi railway station, Satyanarayana Desai, said they will discuss getting the railway station painted in another colour and then make a decision.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP