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A major political row has erupted after videos emerged showing Rahul Gandhi during an opposition march towards the Supreme Court. The march was organised to demonstrate opposition unity and demand the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner. The Bharatiya Janata Party targeted the Congress leader over footage showing jostling during the march, alleging disrespect after leaders and protestors were pushed in the crowd. The incident has triggered sharp attacks on social media and from political leaders.

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00:00Alright, another piece of breaking news that we are tracking here.
00:03BJP netas are slamming Rahul's thakka politics.
00:06This is over a video that we are seeing of DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka Chief Minister.
00:11And at a time when the opposition leaders held a march to the Supreme Court,
00:15one of the videos showed that Karnataka Chief Minister DKS was pushed by Rahul.
00:20His security as well was in the video as well.
00:24BJP has now said that there is no respect for Karnataka Chief Minister.
00:28So this is coming in at a time when the march to the Supreme Court was meant to show opposition
00:33unity
00:33as the opposition collectively demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
00:39But on the other hand, at a time when opposition unity was supposed to be showcased,
00:44this video has now led to immense backlash both on social media and from the BJP as well.
00:50Full-on disrespect is what the BJP is seeing.
00:53And in video 2, there is a second video as well where Rahul is seeing elbowing a protester.
00:58To which the BJP has now said that Rahul Gandhi hits his own supporters, why blame the security people?
01:04So on one hand we are seeing DK is being pushed and on the other a protester,
01:09which has led to BJP levelling high charges as far as the march has been concerned.
01:17For more on this, we have Moshmi joining us on the phone line.
01:21Moshmi, this comes at a time when opposition leaders attempted to show unity.
01:25There were thousands and thousands of people joining the march.
01:29Many opposition leaders were seen.
01:3011 of them filed a plea in the Supreme Court.
01:32But now, these videos have given the BJP, in a way, a very prominent point to pick up on.
01:43Moshmi?
01:44That's right.
01:44You know, the BJP Karnataka social media handles slamming, saying no respect for the Karnataka CM,
01:51you know, thereby raising the action that Rahul Gandhi did.
01:55But if you look at that video, there was a lot of crowd, and there was a lot of pushing
02:00and yostling,
02:02and this has been like Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, DK Shukumar have been on the field for a while,
02:11on that, or yesterday, and, or today, and if you see that from 12 o'clock, about 1.30,
02:19when Rahul Gandhi reached Constitution Club.
02:25Thereafter, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and the entire cavalcade were in the bus.
02:31But then, this is a video taken at the time when they took to the streets from Barakamba Road
02:37towards Bhagwan Das Road, and in the video, it seems that Rahul Gandhi is making an attempt
02:43to clear the crowd in terms of, you know, trying to guard Neha Voda and Priyanka Gandhi
02:51from getting really, you know, pushed around in the crowd that was also walking very fast.
02:59So, we see that video, and of course, like, with the actions that actually are quite visible
03:06in that it seems that Rahul Gandhi is telling DK Shukumar to move a tide,
03:13and he goes at the back, and then he gets lost in the crowd.
03:17And therefore, now we see a political slutfest where BJP Karnataka has, in fact,
03:23attacked at the demeanor of Rahul Gandhi in terms of putting Mr. Mr. DK Shukumar a tide.
03:31Right, so there you have it, two videos.
03:33One where Karnataka chief minister is seeing being pushed by Rahul and another, a protester as well.
03:38So, on both levels, BJP has alleged immense disrespect from Rahul Gandhi.

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