Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday denied being pushed by leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during a protest march to Supreme Court. The INDIA bloc held a march on Monday seeking Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
“Rahul Gandhi did not push me during the protest held in Delhi. He showed concern for me by suggesting that I board the vehicle following behind, as the crowd of protesters was large,” Shivakumar was quoted as saying by news agency PTI . Because the crowd was massive, shivakumar said that Rahul Gandhi didn’t push him aside, but was only concerned for him.
BJP shares viral clip, slams Rahul
The chief minister’s clarification came a day after a clip showing Shivakumar being pulled back while walking alongside Gandhi went viral. “Preventing him (Shivakumar) from approaching Rahul Gandhi and pushing him away in such an inhumane manner is a grave insult to the entire state of Karnataka by the Congress party. “During a protest, crowd control is not easy. The primary responsibility of the security personnel there was to protect Rahul Gandhi and ensure that people could not easily approach him.
Sharing the video, the Karnataka BJP said Kannadigas will never forgive Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party. Kannadigas will never forgive Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party,” the party said in a tweet. “From Rajiv Gandhi unceremoniously announcing Veerendra Patil’s removal as Karnataka CM at an airport to Rahul Gandhi pulling D K Shivakumar by his kurta in the middle of a road, the Congress dynasty’s sense of entitlement remains unchanged,” he posted on ‘X’. Earlier, Karnataka Deputy CM G Parameshwara also dismissed allegations of Gandhi deliberately pushing Shivakumar and said that crowd control during protests is challenging. Unfortunately, the Chief Minister also moved towards that area and was slightly pushed amid the crowd,” he explained, according to PTI.
