Comment on tricolour: Minister and D.K. Shivakumar almost come to blows in Karnataka Assembly
The Hindu
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’.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.