Karnataka: KPCC chief DK Shivakumar slaps party worker

A video of Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar slapping a party worker in Mandya has gone viral. The Congress leader lost his cool when the party worker tried to put his hand over his shoulder.

Mandya (Karnataka):KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar has landed in controversy for slapping a party worker who tried to put a hand over his shoulder. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media with netizens slamming Shivakumar calling him arrogant. According to media reports, the incident took place when Shivakumar was in Mandya to enquire about the health of veteran politician and former Minister G Madegowda.

In the video, it can be clearly seen that the party worker walks close to Shivakumar and tries to put his hand on the latter's shoulder. Immediately, in a fit of rage, the KPCC Chief is seen slapping the worker and telling him to behave properly. Later, clarifying the issue, Shivakumar said that he lost his cool as there was no social distancing being followed.

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Shivakumar added that he asked the party worker to behave and desist from doing such acts in public as it would dent the party image. The KPCC Chief also asked another worker who had captured the slapping act on his mobile, to delete the video. This isn't the first time that Shivakumar has misbehaved with others, as the leader while addressing an election campaign in 2018 for the Congress in Bellary, had pushed away the hand of a man who tried to take a selfie with him.