Overview

• The confrontation unfolded on Sunday at JP Park in Bengaluru’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar during the Deputy Chief Minister’s city outreach programme.
• Invited onstage, Munirathna seized the microphone and alleged the event was a Congress show because the banner omitted the local MP and MLA.
• Wearing an RSS uniform with a black cap, he was escorted out by police as supporters shouted slogans, and he later staged a sit-in outside the park.
• In the melee his cap fell off, and he alleged disrespect to the RSS and claimed he faced threats.
• Shivakumar instructed officials to continue the grievance meet and reiterated that ‘Walk with Bengaluru’ is a citizen-listening exercise rather than an official function.