Bengaluru, Apr 17 : A Bharatiya Janata Party Corporator, campaigning for Bengaluru South party candidate, Prajwal Surya, courted controversy, when he removed a flag from a house, belonging to a minority community, mistaking it as Pakistan National flag.
The Corporator, had removed the flag, when he had visited the house, during the campaign, and also reportedly advised not to hoist the Pakistani flag.
The BJP supporters, had removed the flag, despite informed that it was not a Pakistani flag by the house owner. The BJP workers also chanted Vande mataram, during their visit, which went viral, a local Syed Sharief has said.
When the incident occurred, nobody, except an elderly lady was present in the house.
Agitated over the incident, the local people, demanded the BJP corporator to tender an apology for the act.
To ease the tension, the BJP supporters, had returned the flag to the house owner.
The election authorities, are expected to register a suo-moto case into the incident.
