Keep Quiet: Kharge Shuts Congress Workers Shouting 'DK-DK' At Event
Kharge told workers to stop personality cult slogans and urged discipline as Congress marked the leadership handoff from D K Shivakumar to B K Hariprasad.
- On Sunday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge publicly reprimanded party workers for chanting "DK, DK" in support of Karnataka Chief Minister Shivakumar during a ceremony transferring the state party chief role to BK Hariprasad.
- The outburst follows months of internal friction in Karnataka ahead of the 2028 Assembly elections, with rival camps led by Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar repeatedly clashing over the chief minister's post.
- Kharge, who labeled the sloganeering workers "useless fellows," demanded silence and warned that event footage would be reviewed for potential disciplinary measures to ensure party discipline.
- Stressing that the programme was about unity, the Congress President warned that personality cults would not succeed, asking whether supporters had gathered merely to "clean up the mess."
- The party aims to move beyond these factional clashes to prepare for the 2028 Assembly elections, with leadership emphasizing that organizational interests must supersede individual rivalries.
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Useless fellows: Mallikarjun Kharge loses cool at Congress event after DK slogans
Mallikarjun Kharge pulled up Congress workers after DK-DK sloganeering interrupted his speech at a Bengaluru convention. He said the event was for the party, not individuals, and warned of disciplinary action after footage review.
Keep Quiet: Kharge Shuts Congress Workers Shouting 'DK-DK' At Event
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday publicly reprimanded party workers who disrupted the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Karnataka Congress chief BK Hariprasad by repeatedly raising slogans in support of Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. Congress President, Kharge, shouts at Congress workers..calls them useless fellows for being cheerful.It is these workers who put their effort on ground to make his son, and other dynasts to win.…
'Useless fellows': Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge loses cool after party workers chant 'DKS, DKS' in Bengaluru
As Kharge schooled the party workers from stage, Chief Minister DK Shivkumar, who was present at the event was seen aggressively gesturing at the workers to settle down and stop the chants.
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