D.K. Shivakumar slaps party worker for putting hands on his shoulder!
Mandya: In a video that has now gone viral, KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar was seen slapping a fellow congress worker who tried to put his hand on D. K. Shivakumar’s shoulder.
It is learned that the incident occurred on Friday evening when D. K. Shivakumar had gone to Bharathi Nagar to visit former MP, Senior Farmer Activist G. Madegowda and enquire about his health.
When DKShi was walking along with fellow party workers, supporters, and leaders, a party worker had tried to put his hands across DKShi’s shoulder. Enrages by the unforeseen close contact, DKShi reportedly slapped the worker across his head, “Don’t you have common knowledge, just because they are filming a video you will put your hands across my shoulder”, he said angrily. The video also shows the party worker immediately retreating to the back.
BJP Condemns: The State BJP condemned the incident and stated that “living a public life, the fact that he has attacked a man in front of the media shows his savage mind-set. Previously, DKShi had attacked a worker who had come to take a selfie. Mr. DKShi, are you a politician or a rowdy” the party questioned in a tweet.
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PBKS replace injured Maxwell with Australian all-rounder Mitch Owen
Mullanpur, May 4 (PTI): Punjab Kings have picked Australian all-rounder Mitch Owen as a replacement for the injured Glenn Maxwell, who was ruled out of the remaining IPL season after fracturing his finger.
The Australian stalwart, who has had an underwhelming IPL season this year, could only manage 48 runs in seven games with six single-digit scores.
Maxwell suffered the injury before PBKS' rained out game against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on April 26 in which he was dismissed for seven runs.
He was replaced by Suryansh Shedge in the subsequent match against Chennai Super Kings, which PBKS won by four wickets.
"Punjab Kings have picked all-rounder Mitch Owen as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 due to a broken finger," said an IPL statement.
The 23-year-old Owen, a right-hand batter and a right-arm pacer who has played 14 first-class games, will join the Shreyas Iyer-led franchise for Rs three crore.
"Mitch Owen, from Tasmania, Australia, has played 34 T20s and scored 646 runs, including two centuries and a highest score of 108. The Australian all-rounder also has 10 T20 wickets to his name," said the IPL statement.
UPDATE: Mitchell Owen replaces Glenn Maxwell for the rest of #TATAIPL 2025 season. pic.twitter.com/yX7Z8uamMt
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 4, 2025
