00:00The news that's coming in is from Karnataka.
00:03Remember, it is the Mysore-Dussehra that's popular countrywide, even worldwide.
00:09But the Congress Mysore-Dussehra barred a Dalit minister.
00:15And that has led to a political showdown.
00:17This is an allegation that's coming in.
00:19The Bharatiya Janata Party is targeting the Congress unit of Karnataka
00:22that certain Dalit ministers were snubbed from this Dashehra event.
00:28Mysore-Dussehra is extremely popular for the grand scale of it,
00:32the traditional aspect of it, and how the Earthsmile royal family also joins and leads it.
00:37Now, the BJP shared this video on your screen.
00:39It shows that a cop is stopping certain ministers, not random people, ministers,
00:46to enter into that arena.
00:48And these ministers happen to be from the Dalit group.
00:51Narendra Swamy, Basantappa Tangdaagi was stopped.
00:53The chief minister is walking ahead. Ministers are held back.
00:56Now, BJP is alleging that this is because they were Dalits.
01:00And this is disrespecting the Dalits.
01:02BJP says that this is Dalit insult and it's not simply a protocol
01:06that was being followed by the police personnel.
01:09Now, the government is citing, the government of Karnataka is citing
01:13the Dashehra protocol for the Nandi Polo ritual.
01:16Let's listen in first to what happened.
01:18Let's take a look at this video, then I'll go first.
01:36So, that is the video, ladies and gentlemen.
01:38You can see the police personnel and looks like a senior officer as well
01:41stopping the other ministers and who happened to be from the Dalit community.
01:45Was it deliberate?
01:46Saghai Raj is joining me.
01:48Saghai, you tell me more about it.
01:50Because it was not about as much a political showdown, but the cops doing it.
01:54What happened according to your information?
01:56What is the police saying about it?
01:58Because BJP believes this was deliberate.
02:01I've noticed that there were chief ministers from other states who were part of this year's
02:07Dashehra celebration.
02:08Revan Threddy was there.
02:10And even Keralam's chief minister was also present in this particular Dashehra celebration,
02:17PD Subdition.
02:18And D.K. Shubh Kumar was heading for a special puja where they had to offer a flower to the
02:27god.
02:27At that time, there were ministers who were accompanying him, and the ministers were in
02:31stock.
02:32And this particular video had gone viral.
02:35And now the BJP has given a color of Dalit where they have targeted the Karnalaka Congress,
02:39stating that the Dalit ministers were not allowed inside that particular puja, which was supposed
02:44to happen.
02:45And the cabinet ministers themselves have been stopped.
02:48And you can notice that the D.K. Shubh Kumar instructs the police, stating that they should
02:53be allowed their cabinet ministers, and thereafter they have been allowed.
02:56However, the BJP has tweeted, stating that the Karnalaka...
02:59This also deserves a complete clarification, so it shouldn't seem like that this was done
03:04with any casteist intention.
03:06You can see D.K.
03:06Shubh Kumar walking, but certain other ministers have been held back.
03:10Was this disrespect to Dalits, or was it protocol?
03:14Thank you very much for now.
03:15On this, Saga, I will be tracking more about it.
