Congress candidate Mithun Rai wearing saffron shawl during campaigning stirs discussion
Mangaluru: Right ahead of the Lok Sabha Election, Dakshina Kannada Congress Candidate Mithun Rai has stirred a discussion among the people, as the Youth Congress leader was spotted wearing saffron shawl (generally accredited to BJP, Sangh Parivar and organisations bearing Hindutva ideologies) instead of the Congress shawl.
On Thursday, Mithun shared pictures of his campaigning activities in Bantwal on Facebook, which caught attention of the people. One picture of party workers’ bike rally and workers' convention in Vamadapadavu in Bantwal Taluk particularly was the talk of the town as all his supporters were seen wearing Saffron shawl, confusing people if it was a Congress candidate’s rally or BJP’s.
However, when Mithun was campaigning in Melkar, he and his party workers and supporters were all seen wearing the Congress shawl.
The photos are widely being shared and discussed on popular social media applications Facebook and WhatsApp. While some criticized Mithun for being a soft Hindutva leader, others defended him saying it is individual choices to wear any color which is not important.
Some BJP workers have added that merely wearing a Saffron shawl will not get Mithun votes of Hindus, while some have added that Mithun chooses his shawl according to the locality he is campaigning and whichever religion dominates that particular area he wears the shawl accordingly.
In the run up to the elections, this shawl debate is only expected to get more intense and can turn out to be a deciding factor during the election.
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Swati Maliwal alleges Kejriwal's staff member 'assaulted' her, no formal complaint yet: Police
New Delhi, May 13: AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Monday went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal staff "assaulted' her at the chief minister's official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received a formal complaint.
There was no response to messages and calls made to Maliwal for her comment. There was also no reaction from either the chief minister's residence or from Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party.
Police received a PCR call at 9.34 am from a woman who said she had been assaulted at the Delhi chief minister's residence. "After some time, MP madam came to the police station. However, she left stating she will give complaint later," Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena told reporters.
The call was from Maliwal's mobile number, added another officer, stating that she was the one on the other side of the line.
"She said she was calling from the CM's residence and had been assaulted by his staff," the officer recounted.
A team from the Civil Lines police station reached the chief minister's residence soon after the call. The SHO met Maliwal there and she told him she would soon be going to the police station, the officer said.
Maliwal went to the police station around 10 am.
"In the police station, she was informed that a medical examination is necessary to file an assault FIR. She was at the police station for five minutes and left without filing any formal complaint. She said she would be back later," he said.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva demanded an investigation into the matter. "If such a thing happens to any woman, she should get justice," he told reporters.
