Video Captures DK Shivakumar Shoving Women Workers, BJP Says 'Mahila Ka Apmaan, Congress Ki Pehchan'

New Delhi: A video showing Karnataka Deputy CM and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar allegedly pushing female workers and making aggressive gestures to move them aside at a Congress event in Belagavi has surfaced. The BJP shared the clip on X, condemning the incident and accusing the Congress of disrespecting women, calling it part of the party's "identity." 

“Is this ladki hoon lad sakti hoon? Priyanka ji will you act on him? Mahila ka apmaan Congress ki pehchaan! Look at DK Shivkumar ! Shameful!” BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted along with the video. 

BJP's Amit Malviya also shared the video of Shivakumar and wrote "This is Congress’s idea of women empowerment. In this video, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is seen shoving women workers, as if they were cattle, at the Congress’s Adhiveshan in Belgavi. Shameful."

State vice president of BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, also shared the clip and lambasted the grand old party. "This is Congress’s idea of Women Empowerment! Karnataka Deputy CM @DKShivakumar is pushing and shoving women karyakartas at the Congress Adhiveshan in Belagavi, treating them like they are nothing. Is this how Congress treats women? Disgraceful and disgusting!" Reddy tweeted.