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Congress leaders in Hubballi have accused Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Arvind Bellad of trying to stir communal tensions after he led a “mulla moksha homa,” a symbolic ritual, to protest the recitation of Quran at a government event. The party alleged that Bellad was distorting facts about the programme, which saw recital of both Hindu and Islamic prayers in keeping with the area’s local customs, to politicise a routine civic function.

The controversy stems from a government programme held on October 5 in Vishal Nagar, Old Hubballi, to lay the foundation stone for development projects worth Rs 10 crore under the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department, and Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM). Di

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