Kovindrsquos Belagavi visit brings rivals together

Hubli | Sunday | 16th September, 2018

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Initially, Hukkeri’s MLA son Ganesh was seated between them but he vacated the chair, leading to his father and Kore interacting. Earlier, Satish’s brother, minister Ramesh Jarkiholi , welcomed CM HD Kumaraswamy at the Sambra airport.Old political rivals in the district — Congress MP Prakash Hukkeri and BJP Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar B Kore — also sat next to each other. Both were seen conversing for a while but chose not to utter a word when media surrounded them. BELAGAVI: President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Belagavi on Saturday resulted in two positive developments on the civic and political fronts — the city’s treacherous roads were repaired and political rivals compelled to exchange pleasantries as they were seated next to one another.At the platinum jubilee celebrations of Karnataka Law Society, Congress MLAs Satish Jarkiholi and Laxmi Hebbalkar, who hit headlines following their rift over the PLD Bank elections, had to sit next to each other..