{"id":25657,"date":"2026-09-18T05:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25657"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:25:04","slug":"siddaramaiah-statue-up-overnight-down-before-dk-shivakumar-passes-by-hubballi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25657","title":{"rendered":"Siddaramaiah statue up overnight, down before DK Shivakumar passes by | Hubballi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134325252,imgsize-856896,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/a-nine-foot-siddaramaiah-statue-appeared-overnight-at-kalaburagis-high-court-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Siddaramaiah statue up overnight, down before DK Shivakumar passes by\" title=\"A nine-foot Siddaramaiah statue appeared overnight at Kalaburagi's High Court Circle.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"A nine-foot Siddaramaiah statue appeared overnight at Kalaburagi's High Court Circle.\">A nine-foot Siddaramaiah statue appeared overnight at Kalaburagi&#8217;s High Court Circle.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KALABURAGI: A 9ft Siddaramaiah statue appeared overnight at High Court Circle in Karnataka&#8217;s Kalaburagi, only to disappear hours later when the city corporation pulled it down Thursday, just before CM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dk-shivakumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DK Shivakumar<\/a> was scheduled to pass the spot on his way to inaugurate a govt fest, reports Mouneshwar Sonnad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Officials claimed the statue had been &#8220;illegally&#8221; installed by a group of Siddaramaiah supporters without approval from either the district administration or the corporation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>After municipal officers learned about the installation late Wednesday, they swung into action under police cover and removed it.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The timing has been interpreted as an attempt to put pressure on govt to accept the statue or rename High Court Circle after the former CM.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Sources said around 10 people were behind the installati<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>on. The group has long been demanding that High Court Circle be renamed after the former chief minister, but the govt is yet to approve the<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>demand.The same group had erected a Siddaramaiah statue at the spot three years ago, only for it to be removed then as well.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>This time, the statue quickly became a talking point, drawing curious crowds, with passersby assuming it had been installed with the govt&#8217;s blessings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Its location was particularly conspicuous &#8211; right on the route Shivakumar was scheduled to take.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hubballi\/siddaramaiah-statue-up-overnight-down-before-dk-shivakumar-passes-by\/articleshow\/134325239.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nine-foot Siddaramaiah statue appeared overnight at Kalaburagi&#8217;s High Court Circle. 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