00:00Karnataka BJP is now targeting Rahul Gandhi over alleged insult of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at yesterday's rally.
00:07So that's the breaking news that's coming in. Karnataka BJP has posted images of Rahul Gandhi and D.K. Shivakumar
00:14from the rally.
00:15And in the video, it can be seen how Rahul Gandhi is rushing ahead, leaving Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar
00:21behind.
00:22Now the BJP is crying that this was an insult to the Chief Minister and insult to D.K. Shivakumar
00:27is equal to insult to Karnataka pride.
00:30And the Karnataka BJP chief has made the scathing attack.
00:34B.Y. Vijendra is asking, is D.K. Shivakumar dispensable for Congress?
00:39So there's a big war over alleged D.K. Shivakumar snub and Karnataka pride that has now erupted after yesterday's
00:47rally.
00:47My colleague Nagarjun is now joining us with more details on this.
00:50Nagarjun, was this a chaotic moment and that led to D.K. Shivakumar being left behind?
00:57Or was there some kind of tension that the BJP is now pointing to?
01:03In fact, BJP is mocking D.K. Shivakumar being pulled away by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress workers in the
01:09rush yesterday.
01:11The video clearly seen, this was live telecast on the Congress channels also.
01:15There was a lot of ruckus and someone trying to get in close to the inner circle of Rahul Gandhi.
01:19And D.K. Shivakumar was being there and Rahul Gandhi initially pushes a YouTuber or an influencer because he's making
01:26his victory.
01:27And D.K. Shivakumar comes forward.
01:29In the natural sense, Rahul Gandhi doesn't even realize who it is, just pushes him away is what the Congress
01:34is saying.
01:35While the BJP has now picked up this issue saying that Jeev Kumar himself in Karnataka back in Bangalore calls
01:42himself a lion, a big rock for Karnataka.
01:44Look how he's being treated in Delhi by Rahul Gandhi.
01:48And also Vijayendra said that he's the chief minister of Karnataka.
01:51He represents the full Karnataka state.
01:53So him treating this way, is it fair for Congress party to treat chief ministers by pulling them, pushing them
02:01while they've joined for a protest for the party?
02:03And that's the big war of words between the BJP and the Congress.
02:07We'll have to wait and see what D.K. Shivakumar would say on this.
02:10He still remains to be in Delhi.
02:12As of now, he would come back to Bangalore today.
02:14While the BJP has already started attacking Rahul Gandhi that he doesn't respect the chief ministers of his own party.
02:20All right, Raghurjan, thank you for those details.
02:23So the BJP is now questioning Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party over D.K. Shivakumar Sanab.
02:28And it is also saying that the insult of Karnataka chief minister is insulting Karnataka pride also.
02:38So fresh controversy has now erupted during opposition's protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
02:44Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi has found himself under the spotlight.
02:48As the protests unfolded, cameras captured moments that have now triggered a political slugfest.
02:54In one video, Rahul Gandhi appears to pull Karnataka chief minister D.K. Shivakumar as the leaders move through the
02:59crowd
02:59and was seen pushing D.K.s behind him who then struggled to keep up in the crowd.
03:05So he was pushed behind by the cadre, walking with Rahul Gandhi.
03:12And that is not all.
03:13In another clip, Rahul Gandhi is also seen elbowing and pushing against his own party workers amid the jostling crowd.
03:19Now, the footage has handed the BJP fresh ammunition to target Rahul Gandhi.
03:23BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting Karnataka's chief minister,
03:27turning against his own party workers and displaying arrogance.
03:30The attacks have also drawn on Congress' electoral setbacks to question Rahul Gandhi's leadership.
03:35Taking it a step further, Karnataka BJP chief B.Y. Vijendra argued that any perceived insult touches the pride of
03:42Kannadigas,
03:43asking whether the Karnataka chief minister is willing to stand up to his own high command.
03:50And we're now being joined by Karnataka BJP leader G.S. Prashant on the story.
03:55Mr. Prashant, a very good morning to you.
03:57So, Karnataka BJP has pointed out how the Karnataka chief minister, D.K. Shivakumar,
04:02was allegedly insulted during the rally yesterday.
04:04But don't you think it was merely a chaotic moment where Rahul Gandhi was just trying to manage the crowd
04:10and that is how this unfolded?
04:13Do you think it was intentional?
04:16Anjali, everybody knows the entire crowd in any Congress rally is probably paid up people
04:22because I don't think common man will ever give up even a minute of their precious time
04:27to rally behind Rahul Gandhi because they know his incompetence of losing 100 elections in a row.
04:32So, be that as it may.
04:34Now, if you tell me that Rahul Gandhi will not be aware that he has a Congress sitting CM with
04:41him
04:42taking part in the rally and he pushes him saying it was a chaotic moment,
04:46see, we are, instead of, see, he may be the Congress chief minister,
04:50but he is the chief minister of the state of Karnataka.
04:53So, therefore, as a citizen of Karnataka, the chief minister has to be accorded the highest respect,
04:59like what we demand for the prime minister across the country
05:02and when Rahul Gandhi defames India abroad,
05:05we tell boss you have to look outside of the party and stand up as a nation.
05:10Here, for a pride of the state, the CM can't be insulted and pushed away like probably,
05:17what do you say, a gun, whatever the past of the CM may be,
05:21but he can't be pushed away like this as if he was trying to intrude.
05:24So, therefore, the introspection has to be done by the Congress chief minister who had pushed
05:30Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar behind.
05:33It was the cadre which was walking alongside Rahul Gandhi,
05:37but not Rahul Gandhi who had, in fact, pushed him behind.
05:41You can give any explanation. The video is probably self-explanatory.
05:47And if you tell me that Rahul Gandhi will not be aware that they have power in three or four
05:51states
05:52and D.K. Shivkumar is apparently a self-confessed devotee of Rahul Gandhi.
05:58If Rahul Gandhi is not aware that sitting CM is walking alongside him,
06:02then you have to only judge his political acumen of Rahul Gandhi and indulging in this rally.
06:12I don't think it is a question of BJP versus Congress.
06:16It is the arrogant mindset of the Gandhi pariwar who will dictate terms to everybody in the Congress hierarchy,
06:24may it be sitting CM and people who have won elections on their own,
06:29but Rahul Gandhi doesn't care.
06:31All that he wants is looted money from the people of Karnataka to reach him,
06:36which R.K. Shukumar is obliging.
06:38Despite that, he is not even able to secure a spot alongside Rahul Gandhi to walk.
06:43This indicates the true mindset of the Gandhi family
06:47and how they treat party leaders, chief ministers, forget the workers.
06:53You can imagine what a normal career course I can go through in Congress
06:56if a sitting CM has to face this ignominy.
06:59Mr. Prashant, why not wait for D.K. Shukumar himself to speak about this issue
07:04and also is it justified to link this particular incident with the Karnataka pride?
07:11Anjala, I will tell you D.K. Shukumar's response.
07:13D.K. Shukumar will say, no, Rahul Gandhi, my leader, I am a devotee of him.
07:17He was not aware. I was walking and it happened at the moment.
07:19And all of us are a family. I have already met Rahul Gandhi.
07:22I was seated on the ground when he was sitting and feeding me biscuits.
07:27He will give all those explanations.
07:28But all that you have to look into is sitting Karnataka chief minister has been insulted
07:36and therefore it is an insult for all the Karnadigas.
07:40It is not about BJP and Congress.
07:43The chief minister represents the state and he's been insulted
07:46and he swallows the insult and says he will be at the feet of Rahul Gandhi.
07:50People of Karnataka are going to teach him a lesson in 2028 to say,
07:54you can stay at the feet of Rahul Gandhi, but Congress will be thrown out of power.
07:58All right, Mr. G.S. Prashant, thank you for joining us on the broadcast.
08:01So that was the BJP reaction, what they are calling as an insult
08:05to not just the chief minister of Karnataka,
08:07but also they are seeing it as an insult of the Karnadigas.
08:11And they are also questioning that why is Chief Minister D.K. Shukumar silent on this?
08:16Will he raise his voice against the Congress party,
08:20against Rahul Gandhi for pushing him behind?
08:22These are the visuals from yesterday during the march,
08:26the opposition march to the Supreme Court,
08:27in which you can see how D.K. Shukumar was ahead of Rahul Gandhi
08:30and after which he was then pulled back by the Cader,
08:33which was walking along with Rahul Gandhi.
08:35Now, what the BJP is saying is that why was the chief minister
08:38not made to walk beside Rahul Gandhi?
08:41Why was he pushed behind?
08:43And they are calling this as an insult of the Karnadigas as well.
