Udupi (Karnataka):A controversy erupted on Monday after a road in Bola Gram Panchayat of Karkala Taluk in Karnataka's Udupi was named after Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Youth Congress workers noticed the sign board and complained to the Gram Panchayat officials, who in turn removed the board in the presence of police.
A concrete sign board which read in Kannada 'Padugiri Nathuram Rasthe' is quite close to the Bola Gram Panchayat office. The pictures of the board have gone viral on social media, inviting sharp criticism. According to local residents, the board was installed two days ago but people started noticing on Monday.