Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday defended his act of slapping a person who tried to place his arms round him and stated the person he hit was a “boy of our family”. The clarification got here after the Congress chief confronted large criticism from the BJP and folks on social media platforms for his “underworld-like behaviour”.
The incident occurred on Friday, and within the video that has since gone viral, Shivakumar will be seen getting irritated by the motion of the person, who tried to get near him and tempo together with him.
Shivakumar, who appeared to lose cool, can then be heard telling the person, stated to be a celebration employee, “…try to be accountable”, earlier than asking cameramen current there to delete the footage. This occurred on Friday throughout his go to to Okay M Doddi in Mandya to inquire in regards to the well being of ailing veteran social gathering chief G Made Gowda.
When reporters questioned Shivakumar in regards to the viral video, he stated, “…what to say if one places his arms round? What is going to the individuals say? Can we permit such a factor as a result of he’s a karyakarta (employee)? What is going to others it say?”
Nonetheless after someday, the Karnataka Congress chief was seen telling the person why he misplaced his cool. To which, the person stated, “sorry anna” (sorry brother).
When Shivakumar was once more requested on Sunday about Friday’s slapping incident, he was quoted by NDTV as saying, “Look he’s our boy. In addition to, a distant relative. I did hit him, saying ‘take your hand off me’. It’s okay, he’s a boy of our family. If he scolds me, I’ll pay attention. If I scold him, he’ll pay attention. It’s between him and me.”
Tweeting the video of the incident, BJP nationwide Normal Secretary C T Ravi requested Congress nationwide chief Rahul Gandhi whether or not he had given a “licence for violence” to Shivakumar, whom he known as a follower of Kotwal Ramachandra, one of many underworld dons of Bengaluru within the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties. “Karnataka CONgress President @DKShivakumar SLAPS his social gathering employee in full public view. If that is how the “former shishya” of Kotwal Ramachandra treats his social gathering employee, one can think about what he would do with Others.
Have you ever given DKS the “licence for violence”, @RahulGandhi?” he requested. The Karnataka BJP, hitting out at Shivakumar for his “behaviour” and calling him “Rowdi DKShi”, stated he ought to discover ways to conduct himself in public.
Karnataka CONgress President @DKShivakumar SLAPS his social gathering employee in full public view.If that is how the “former shishya” of Kotwal Ramachandra treats his social gathering employee, one can think about what he would do with Others.
Have you ever given DKS the “licence for violence”, @RahulGandhi? pic.twitter.com/JuuSBsALwG
— C T Ravi 🇮🇳 ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) July 10, 2021
Posting a video of an earlier incident the place Shivakumar will be seen hitting a youth who was clicking selfies as he was about to handle the media, the BJP in a tweet requested him to give up public life if “underworld-like behaviour” is unavoidable.
(with inputs from PTI)
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