Amit Shah rebukes Kota Srinivas Poojary on stage, video viral
Congress says Shah insulted Kannadigas, Backward Classes
Bengaluru: The video of Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah rebuking Minister of Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Welfare Department of Karnataka Kota Srinivas Poojary during an election campaign conference has gone viral on social media. The incident occurred recently in Udupi, Karnataka, and has been widely criticized by the opposition party, Karnataka Congress.
On Sunday, Karnataka Congress shared the video on its Twitter handle and criticized Shah for publicly scolding Poojary, who is a senior leader of the BJP. The party claimed that nobody in the BJP has any sort of freedom in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. It further accused the BJP of creating slaves who would only bootlick Shah, rather than developing leaders.
In response to the video, KPCC, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has accused Amit Shah of insulting Kannadigas as well as people from Backward Classes by rebuking Kota Srinivas Poojary like a child. The party has criticized Shah's behavior, stating that it requires people to have no self-respect but only respect for Shah.
The video has stirred controversy and drawn criticism from various political parties in Karnataka. The incident has also brought into question the leadership style of senior BJP leaders and the treatment of party members in public.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
