Comment on tricolour: Minister and D.K. Shivakumar almost come to blows in Karnataka Assembly

Congress demands sacking of Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, wants him booked for sedition

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar almost came to blows in the Legislative Assembly on February 16 when the former made a remark about the latter during a discussion on the recent controversial remark on the national flag by the Minister.

Mr. Shivakumar and Mr. Eshwarappa got into a verbal duel during the discussion on the latter's recent remark that the saffron flag (bhagwa dwaja) could replace the tricolour at Red Fort in the distant future.

While Mr. Shivakumar called Mr. Eshwarappa ‘anti-national’ for his remark on the national flag, Mr. Eshwarappa countered that Mr. Shivakumar had ‘gone to jail for looting the country’s assets’.