Siddaramaiah government unveils new Karnataka flag

Bengaluru, Mar 08: The Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government unveiled a state flag on Thursday.

The flag, which has yellow, white and red strips, has the state emblem – the "Ganda Bherunda", a two-headed mythical bird – in the middle.

Kannada Development Authority Chairperson SG Siddaramaiah submitted the new design to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the Vidhana Soudha on Thursday morning. The chief minister assured the committee that the government would send the flag to the Centre for its approval.

Karnataka previously had an unofficial yellow and red flag. But after repeated demands for a separate flag, the state government formed a nine-member committee to work upon a design for the official state flag in July 2017.