Overview

• At the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s grievance forum in JP Park, RR Nagar MLA Munirathna confronted the stage, questioned the absence of elected representatives on banners, and faulted commissioner Maheshwar Rao for not inviting him.
• D.K. Shivakumar, who noticed him in the crowd and addressed him as “black cap MLA,” said political leaders were not invited because the outreach was designed as a citizen engagement rather than a government function.
• Wearing RSS attire, Munirathna seized the microphone as supporters and Congress workers traded slogans, after which police and GBA officials escorted him off the stage and out of the venue.
• The MLA alleged his RSS cap was removed and that he was assaulted before staging a sit-in outside, while Shivakumar accused him of politicising the forum and directed officials to continue the programme.
• The showdown extended a long-running rivalry rooted in party shifts and recent elections, and BJP state chief B.Y. Vijayendra condemned Shivakumar’s handling of the episode; police later tightened security at Munirathna’s residence.