Visibly irked by BJP employees interrupting a Congress rally in Belagavi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised his hand towards a senior police officer on stage Monday, sparking criticism from the Opposition social gathering which known as for motion towards him.
The rally, organised by the Congress to protest towards the Union authorities over inflation, was additionally attended by All India Congress Committee common secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar and different senior ministers of the Siddaramaiah cupboard.
BJP employees entered the venue, waved black flags and raised slogans towards the state authorities.
As police scrambled to detain the protestors, Siddaramaiah appeared indignant on the disruption. A video confirmed Surjewala attempting to placate the CM and whispering in his ear. “No, no, no,” Siddaramaiah is heard replying, earlier than calling the officer, Further SP Narayan Bharamani, to the stage.
“Hey, come right here,” he’s heard saying within the video, earlier than asking: “Who’s the SP? What are you doing?” The video exhibits Siddaramaiah taking a step in direction of the ASP along with his hand raised as if to slap him, whereas a gunman tries to step between the 2.
BJP state chief B Y Vijayendra known as the CM’s conduct “inexcusable” and sought motion towards him for threatening a authorities officer.
CM @siddaramaiah’s public outburst towards senior police officer comes as no shock – in spite of everything, even the sacred Doorways of Vidhana Soudha, the Temple of Democracy, have beforehand borne the brunt of his anger.
Its obvious now that our CM is deep below the affect of Pakistan… pic.twitter.com/KWRZZPCodo
— Vijayendra Yediyurappa (@BYVijayendra) April 28, 2025
“It’s obvious now that our CM is deep below the affect of Pakistan mannequin of Sharia Governance & not the Gandhian Ideas that India proudly follows! With every act, Siddaramaiah seems extra decided to qualify himself for the citizenship of Pakistan!” he mentioned.
“When a senior police officer finds himself helpless and publicly intimidated by the very best elected official within the state, one should ask: What safety and justice can the atypical citizen anticipate below such incompetent governance? The Chief Minister’s conduct is inexcusable and have to be subjected to the identical authorized scrutiny and penalties that any atypical citizen would face, particularly for threatening a authorities officer,” he mentioned in a put up on X.
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The Karnataka BJP, too, shared the video of the incident on X. “Who mentioned Aurangzeb and Hitler aren’t any extra? Karnataka’s Wazir-E-Ala Siddaramaiah publicly shames and practically slaps an Assistant Superintendent of Police throughout a Political rally in Belagavi! Absolute abuse of energy and disgraceful show of vanity towards those that defend the legislation!” it mentioned.
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