The October 31 event of the Congress is to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
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Last month, Parliament of Karnataka blushed after a live mic caught two of its leaders chatting away about alleged corruption by the head of state unit DK Shivakumar.
A few days later, mics caught up with Mr. Shivakumar (and former Minister Siddaramaiah) at a show in Bengaluru on October 31 to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
In a video of the exchange that has surfaced online, Siddaramaiah can be heard asking about the absence of a portrait of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the country’s first Deputy Prime Minister, who was born on the same day that Indira Gandhi was assassinated. , although centuries before that.
When told “we never keep the photo (of Sardar Patel)”, Mr. Siddaramaiah expressed concern about criticism from the BJP. Later, Mr. Shivakumar also instructed his staff to draw a portrait of Sardar Patel.
“Today is the anniversary of his (Sardar Patel’s) birth,” Mr. Siddaramaiah leaned over to remind the head of Parliament Karnataka, “There is no portrait of him?”
Mr. Shivakumar replied: “Sir, yes… today is also his birthday… but we never kept the photo.”
“But what happens to the BJP (is) they will take advantage of it (Parliament doesn’t have a portrait of Sardar Patel at an event celebrating Indira Gandhi),” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
“It’s like we haven’t seen them (do it)… (turns to a staff member) Do you have a photo of Vallabhai Patel? Take it …” Mr. Shivakumar could hear.
“We’ll keep the photo,” he told Mr. Siddaramaiah to which he replied, “Yes… it would be better.”
NDTV was unable to independently verify the video.
The predictive video drew mocking criticism from the BJP, with the ruling party’s National Secretary General CT Ravi tweeting: “It’s a shame that slaves are so scared of an Italian.” – a swipe at the head of the opposition party Sonia Gandhi.
“If anyone doubts how much the Nehru Dynasty hates Sardar Patel, this video will delete it. CONgress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar agreed to put Sardar Patel’s photo along with the scared Indira Gandhi’s photo. BJP,” he tweeted along with the video.
If anyone doubts how much the Nehru Dynasty hates Sardar Patel, this video should make it clear.
Leaders go the opposite way @siddaramaiah & @DKShivakumar agreed to put a photo of Sardar Patel with a photo of Indira Gandhi who was afraid of the BJP.
It was a shame that the Slavs were so afraid of an Italian. pic.twitter.com/ZiO3pUegGu
– CT Ravi (@CTRavi_BJP) November 24, 2021
Early October two Karnataka Parliament leaders were caught on camera in front of a propeller.
Unaware that the mics were working and that they were being recorded, they spoke of the “tweaks” of Mr Shivakumar and one of his assistants, who “made about 50-100 crores”.
A video of the exchange was posted on Twitter by BJP’ Amit Malviya, who attended the Games.
Former National Assembly member VS Ugrappa and KPCC communications coordinator Salim discuss how DK Party Chairman Shivakumar received bribes and a close aid obtained from 50-100 crores. They were also discussing how he stuttered when he spoke and as if he was drunk.
Exciting. pic.twitter.com/13rDXIRJOE
– Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 13, 2021
Mr. Shivakumar did not deny the conversation but also denied the allegations.
The congress responded by expelling one leader for six years and sending the other a formal notice; The second leader, former MP VS Ugrappa then offered clarification.
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