Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was caught on camera snatching away a mic from a woman’s hand and pushing her down after she tried to raise her complaint at an event held in Mysuru.
In the video, Siddaramaiah lost his cool and snatched the mike she was holding. Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders tried to shout her down.
WATCH: Former Karnataka CM @siddaramaiah crudely snatches mike from a woman pic.twitter.com/MPfDWceLWt
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Jamala the woman who asked a question to the former CM spoke to ANI and clarifies,”I’ve no issues, he was the best CM. I only told him about some grievances and spoke roughly. I shouldn’t have spoken like that to a former a CM. He got angry because I slammed the table.”
Jamala, the woman who asked a question to Siddaramaiah in Mysuru: I’ve no issues, he was the best CM. I only told him about some grievances and spoke roughly. I shouldn’t have spoken like that to a former a CM. He got angry because I slammed the table. pic.twitter.com/TsIUV05Qxk
— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2019
The BJP targeted the Congress-JD(S) government in the state and said “Dushasana has been finally reborn and resumed power in Karnataka.”
Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said Congress president Rahul Gandhi needs to answer. “Rahul Gandhi should tell what he’ll do with him. This is a crime, the way he abused her. That’s how they see women. They only respect women from one family,” Javadekar said.
Dinesh Gundu Rao, President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee said, “sometimes when people start asking questions in a rough way & after hearing them out when they don’t stop, you want to pull the mic. When pulling the mic the dupatta came along with. There was no such intention.”
National Commission for Women (NCW) has also written to Neelmani Raju, DGP of Karnataka asking for investigation into the matter.
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