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Tejasvi Surya Slams Rahul Gandhi For Pulling DK Shivakumar By Kurta
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Moneycontrol•13-10-2026, 11:16
Tejasvi Surya Slams Rahul Gandhi For Pulling DK Shivakumar By Kurta
- •BJP MP Tejasvi Surya strongly criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for pulling Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar by his kurta during a protest march.
- •A video of the incident surfaced on social media, showing the chaotic moment during the opposition march to the Supreme Court.
- •Surya condemned the gesture on X, calling it an example of the arrogance of inherited privilege and an insult to the dignity of Karnataka residents.
- •The BJP leader pointed out that Rahul Gandhi holds no executive office or constitutional authority over Karnataka's elected leadership.
- •The incident occurred as leaders marched against the Election Commission over alleged electoral roll irregularities, though Congress has not yet responded to the criticism.
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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya criticized Rahul Gandhi for pulling Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar by his kurta during an opposition protest march. Surya described the gesture as an insult to the dignity of Karnataka and an exhibition of the Congress dynasty's sense of entitlement.
The protest march to the Supreme Court was organized against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission to protest alleged irregularities in the SIR and electoral voter rolls.
During the demonstration, a chaotic moment occurred as a crowd surged around the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. As DK Shivakumar moved ahead of Rahul Gandhi, Gandhi pulled him back by his kurta, apparently gesturing for him to slow down.
