Woman waves black flag at Sonia’s function, creates flutter

April 28, 2012 04:54 pm | Updated July 13, 2016 05:18 pm IST - Tumkur, Karnataka

Police detain a woman, who waved black flag at Congress Sonia Gandhi, in Tumkur, Karnataka, on Saturday.

Police detain a woman, who waved black flag at Congress Sonia Gandhi, in Tumkur, Karnataka, on Saturday.

A woman today created a flutter at a function attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi here by waving a black flag demanding reservation under SC category for her community.

As Ms. Gandhi began her speech at the 105th birthday celebrations of the head of Siddaganga Math Shivakumara Swami, the woman, a member of the Madiga Dandora community and seated among the audience, suddenly rose and waved a black flag.

The police immediately swung into action and evicted her from the venue even as some of her supporters shouted slogans.

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