BELAGAVI: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah was accused Monday of threatening to hit a police officer throughout Congress’s Samvidhan Bachao rally at Belagavi‘s CPED Floor, moments after a purported safety breach noticed a gaggle of girls BJP employees get on the dais.
Because the intruders waved black flags and shouted slogans, Siddaramaiah motioned a uniformed officer in direction of him and demanded to know, “Who’s the SP? What are you doing?”
The CM, who sources mentioned was “fairly agitated”, briefly appeared to boost his hand earlier than withdrawing. He ordered the officer to right away take away the protesters from the dais. AICC common secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and regulation and parliamentary affairs minister HK Patil had been each seen attempting to calm the CM, however Siddaramaiah allegedly pressed on, asking for extra SP Narayan Baramani. The protesting ladies had been subsequently taken into custody.
BJP functionary Shilpa Kekre, amongst those that had stormed the stage, shouted “Go to Pakistan”, a reference to Siddaramaiah’s alleged feedback in Mysuru final week, the place he mentioned there was no must go to conflict in opposition to Pakistan over the April 22 terrorist assault on vacationers in J&Okay’s Pahalgam. The CM mentioned the Union govt ought to as a substitute beef up safety in Kashmir. When his remarks triggered a political row, Siddaramaiah backtracked, insisting his feedback had been “twisted” by BJP.