Comment on tricolour: Minister and D.K. Shivakumar almost come to blows in Karnataka Assembly
The Hindu
Congress demands sacking of Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, wants him booked for sedition
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 February 16 when the former made a remark about the latter during a discussion on the recent controversial remark on the national flag by the Minister.
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 Red Fort in the distant future.
While Mr. Shivakumar called Mr. Eshwarappa ‘anti-national’ for his remark on the national flag, Mr. Eshwarappa countered that Mr. Shivakumar had ‘gone to jail for looting the country’s assets’.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.