Congress worker punched, made to take off 'PayCM' t-shirt at Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka
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In the video tweeted by Karnataka Congress, a police man is seen punching the Congress worker on his neck from the back, landing blows on him with his fist.
A Congress worker was made to take off his ‘PayCM’ t-shirt in Karnataka during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and a case was registered against him. Karnataka is the Bharat Jodo Yatra's first BJP-ruled state.
Congress worker Akshay Kumar wore a t-shirt with a poster that read 'PayCM' to the Bharat Jodo Yatra today - targetting Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai and his government for allegedly charging a 40 per cent commission on public works.
Kumar was earlier seen holding up a white flag with the PayCM poster with a QR code.
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“Atrocities on our worker who wore a ‘PayCM’ t-shirt are condemnable. Who gave the powers to the police to remove his t-shirt and assault him? Are these police or goons? The police who assaulted should be suspended,” the state Congress said on Twitter with a video of the incident. In the video, a police man is seen punching Kumar on his neck from the back, landing blows on him with his fist.
Last month, posters of ‘PayCM' with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's photograph surfaced across parts of Bengaluru, similar to the electronic wallet Paytm's advertisements. Basavaraj Bommai's face was in the middle of the QR code with the message "40% accepted here".
The posters are part of the Congress’s aggressive campaign against the state government’s alleged corruption in awarding public contracts and recruitment for government jobs.
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