Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar almost came to blows in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, when the former made a remark about the latter during a heated discussion on the recent controversial remark on the national flag by the Minister. The day also saw the Legislative Council plunging into commotion over the issue.
In the Assembly, Mr. Shivakumar and Mr. Eshwarappa got into a verbal duel during the discussion on the latter's recent remark that the saffron flag (bhagwa dwaja) could replace the tricolour at the Red Fort in future.
While Mr. Shivakumar called Mr. Eshwarappa “anti-national” for his remark on the national flag, the Minister said that the Congress leader had “gone to jail for looting the country’s assets”.
