"Boy Of The Household...": Karnataka Congress Chief On Smacking A Man

The BJP had earlier tweeted another video of a physical assault by DK Shivakumar on another person.

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar today play down the incident of his assaulting a man, the video of which was widely shared on social media and messaging platforms, sparking criticism of his behaviour. He said the man he hit was a "boy of our household". Karnataka CONgress President @DKShivakumar SLAPS his party worker in full public view.If this is how the "former shishya" of Kotwal Ramachandra treats his party worker, one can imagine what he would do with Others.Have you given DKS the "licence for violence", @RahulGandhi? pic.twitter.com/JuuSBsALwG Friday's incident, which took place in southern Karnataka's Mandya district, had an irritated Mr Shivakumar smack the man on the head when he wrapped his arm around the senior politician. Moments later, he seen telling the man why he lost his cool even as the latter says "sorry anna" (sorry brother). When asked about it later, the Congress leader asked, "What to say if one puts his arms around? What will people say? Can we allow such a thing because he is a karyakarta (worker)? What will others looking at it say?" Tweeting the video of the incident, BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi whether he had given a "licence for violence" to Mr Shivakumar, calling him a follower of Kotwal Ramachandra, a Bengaluru gangster of the 1970s and 1980s.