Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Publicly Castigates, Raises Hand To Slap Cop Over Safety Scuffle | Video – News18

Final Up to date:April 28, 2025, 17:32 IST

The incident befell on the ‘Save Structure’ conference the place CM Siddaramaiah was scheduled to handle the gathering.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ignited a row after he was seen publicly castigating and practically slapping a senior police official on stage at a public occasion in Belagavi on Monday.

The incident befell on the ‘Save Structure’ conference the place CM Siddaramaiah was scheduled to handle the gathering. In the meantime, some BJP ladies staff arrived on the venue with black scarves, protesting towards Siddaramaiah.

In a present of frustration, he known as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Narayan Bharamani who was deployed for stage safety, and rebuked him for the breach, and was seen elevating his hand in an try to slap him.

“You, whoever you might be, come right here, what had been you doing?” he requested and raised his hand to slap the officer, however stopped shortly at doing so. Subsequently, he instructed him to take away the people who find themselves creating disturbance.

Within the video, Siddaramaiah was seen shedding his cool regardless of AICC normal secretary Raneeep Singh Surjewala and Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H Ok Patil making an attempt to calm him down. He later questioned Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, who’s from Belagavi.

Siddaramaiah later resumed his speech and stated, “BJP and RSS will attempt to disturb peace like this in all places. They attempt to incite hearth within the society. They attempt to divide the society. We won’t worry such makes an attempt by the BJP. We’ve the energy to face them publicly. I wish to make this clear to them.” “If we ask our (Congress) staff to maintain BJP and RSS, they may be sure that they don’t open their tail. I condemn the BJP on behalf of all of the Congress staff for indulging in such disruptions. Don’t you (BJP) really feel ashamed?”

Asserting that Congress received’t worry such issues, Siddaramaiah stated, “We won’t cease our protest towards the central authorities’s value rise.” Questioning the BJP whether or not they don’t seem to be ashamed to come back to a Congress rally and attempt to disrupt it, the CM stated Congress staff received’t budge or worry such issues.

He then instructed the gang, let’s not take note of disrupters, and proceed with our protest.

In the meantime, the opposition JDS accused the Chief Minister of vanity and misconduct. The get together criticised Siddaramaiah for elevating his hand towards the police officer in a public setting.

Describing the act as disrespectful, the get together stated that such conduct, together with talking in singular phrases, was “an unforgivable crime.”

“Your time period of energy is simply 5 years. However a authorities officer serves as much as 60 years of age. Energy will not be everlasting for anybody. Appropriate your misconduct,” it stated in a publish on X.

Union Minister and BJP chief Pralhad Joshi additionally condemned the act.

“The Congress authorities has not solely excelled in misgovernance however has additionally surpassed all limits in vanity. Within the intoxication of energy, the Chief Minister has the audacity to lift a hand towards a dutiful officer… Pretending to guard the Structure whereas elevating arms towards the guardians of the regulation is an act of utmost conduct and vanity. That is condemnable….” he stated.

“Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah throughout a rally in Belagavi tried to slap a police officer. I condemn it, and what sort of message does the Chief Minister wish to give by doing this? Varied leaders of the BJP Mahila Morcha additionally staged a protest towards the Chief Minister. In a democracy, each individual has the suitable to stage a protest…Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah is legendary in Pakistan as he speaks properly of Pakistan,” Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje was quoted by information company ANI.

(With inputs from businesses)