DK Shivakumar, BJP minister almost come to blows in Karnataka assembly over ‘saffron flag’
India Today
Amid heated exchanges in the Karnataka assembly, BJP minister K S Eshwarappa and State Congress president D K Shivakumar charged towards each other but stopped short of coming to blows.
Pandemonium prevailed in the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday with Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa and State Congress president D K Shivakumar charging towards each other stopping short of coming to blows.
The tense situation came up when Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah was making preliminary submission seeking to move an adjournment motion demanding a dismissal and sedition case against Eshwarappa for his recent statement claiming that 'Bhagwa dhwaj' (saffron flag) may become the national flag in the future.
The heated exchanges between the two began when Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri wanted to hear Eshwarappa's side as charges were made against him in the adjournment motion.
Shivakumar, opposing it, said, "We cannot allow him (Eshwarappa to speak)."
To this, Eshwarappa is said to have made some comments from the place where he was seated, but it was not clearly heard amid the chaos.
Shivakumar, claiming that Eshwarappa said "this (House) is not your (Shivakumar) father's property" tried to charge towards him in a fit of anger.
The State Congress chief, along with some of his party MLAs, then walked towards Eshwarappa who, too, walked from his seat towards them and came close to each other.
