DK Shivakumar hoists national and Kannada flags for Karnataka Rajyotsava
The Chief Minister reviewed a march past by school students during the state formation day celebrations in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hoisted the national flag and the yellow-and-red Kannada flag in Bengaluru on Sunday to mark the 71st Karnataka Rajyotsava. According to the Deccan Chronicle, the event was organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
Before the flag hoisting, Shivakumar offered floral tributes to the statue of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari at the Vidhana Soudha premises. This was done on the occasion of the state's formation day.
The Chief Minister reviewed a march past and took the salute from various school student contingents. Minister Madhu Bangarappa, Chief Secretary Dr Shalini Rajneesh, and other officials were also present at the event.
Karnataka Rajyotsava is celebrated annually on November 1. The day marks the formation of the state in 1956 following the reorganisation of states on a linguistic basis.