I’m staunch Congress worker: DKShi to Siddu

Team Udayavani, Oct 28, 2019, 3:49 PM IST

Bengaluru: Responding to the statement given by Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar said that that he was a staunch Congress worker.

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah had expressed his discontent over the presence of JD(S) flags during the welcoming event of party leader DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru after being released from Tihar Jail on October 23.

Speaking on the issue Shivakumar said, “Not on JDS flag there were many other flags in the rally. I caught the flag given to me by my supporters.”

He further added that Siddaramaiah is my well-wisher and we both respect each other a lot. He may have made that statement in a different context.”

“I’m a staunch Congress worker that is why I first went to Congress office after I returned from Delhi,” he added.

Siddaramaiah on Monday said, “What kind of message are we giving when DK Shivakumar came to Bengaluru and JDS flags were shown along with Congress flags? What kind of message are we giving when a message was given to stay away from JDS.”

DK Shivakumar, who was released on bail from a Delhi prison in a money laundering case landed at the city airport on Saturday, October 26 afternoon.

Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on September 3 in the money laundering case and walked out of the Tihar Jail in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, after the Delhi High Court granted him a bail.

His arrest had led to widespread protest, especially in Ramanagara, Bengaluru rural, Mandya and other parts of old Mysuru region.

It had even taken a caste colour with thousands of people belonging to the Vokkaliga community taking out a protest rally recently here against the arrest of Shivakumar and to express solidarity with him.