{"id":5385,"date":"2025-08-23T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:58:26","slug":"dk-shivakumar-singing-rss-anthem-congrsss-shivasundar-accuses-karnataka-congress-of-bowing-to-rss-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/?p=5385","title":{"rendered":"DK Shivakumar Singing RSS Anthem; \u201cCongRSSS?\u201d: Shivasundar Accuses Karnataka Congress of Bowing to RSS Ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karnataka Congress or “CongRSSS”?<\/span> Shivasundar Questions Party\u2019s Tilt Towards Sangh<\/h2>\n

Rahul Gandhi\u2019s 30th Warning Against Pro-BJP Elements: Is Anyone Listening?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Bengaluru:<\/strong> Prominent activist and writer Shivasundar has sharply criticised the Karnataka Congress government, accusing it of behaving more like a disciple of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) than a party that claims to stand for secular and progressive values.<\/p>\n

D.K. Shivakumar Singing RSS Anthem<\/h3>\n

Shivasundar pointed to a recent incident in the Karnataka Assembly, where KPCC President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar sang \u201cSadaa Vatsale\u201d<\/em>, the RSS anthem. According to him, this act was an attempt to \u201cprove his Hindu credentials before the BJP,\u201d raising serious questions about the Congress leadership\u2019s ideological clarity.<\/p>\n

Selective Justice in Karnataka<\/h3>\n

The activist also attacked the functioning of the state\u2019s Home Department under the Congress government. He noted that activists fighting against the Dharmasthala rape-murder scandal were arrested within two days on charges of \u201cabusing BJP General Secretary B.L. Santosh,\u201d while BJP MLAs and office bearers who made derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah continue to roam free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows the Congress government considers abusing Rahul\u2013Siddu a lesser crime than targeting BJP leaders,\u201d Shivasundar argued, accusing the administration of bending before the saffron ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Rahul Gandhi\u2019s Repeated Warnings<\/h3>\n

Shivasundar also highlighted the repeated warnings of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has said \u201cfor the 30th time or more\u201d that he will weed out pro-BJP elements within the Congress. Yet, according to Shivasundar, the Karnataka Congress government continues to protect and enable those very elements.<\/p>\n

The Larger Question<\/h3>\n

Raising a scathing ideological question, Shivasundar asked whether Karnataka is truly witnessing a Congress government, or what he termed a \u201cCongRSSS government\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He concluded by questioning the faith of Karnataka\u2019s progressive voices who still believe that fascism can be defeated through Congress, despite the party\u2019s repeated compromises with the Sangh Parivar\u2019s ideology.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs this Karnataka, or just an absurd nataka<\/em> (play)?\u201d Shivasundar asked, leaving his critique hanging as an indictment of the Congress\u2019s contradictions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\ud83d\udd39 Key Quotes (Shivasundar\u2019s Critique)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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    \u201cD.K. Shivakumar sings the RSS anthem in Assembly \u2014 is this the Congress or CongRSSS?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u201cAbusing Rahul\u2013Siddu is a lesser crime, but abusing B.L. Santosh invites swift arrest under Congress rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u201cRahul Gandhi keeps warning about pro-BJP elements inside Congress, yet Karnataka Congress protects them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u201cThe progressives still believe fascism can be defeated through Congress \u2014 what an absurd nataka (play)!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u201cThis is not a Congress government, but a CongRSSS government in Karnataka.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    \ud83d\udd39 Q&A Format\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Q: Why did Shivasundar compare Congress with RSS?<\/strong>
    A:<\/strong> Because KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar openly sang the RSS anthem \u201cSadaa Vatsale\u201d<\/em> in the Assembly, seemingly to prove his Hindu credentials before the BJP.<\/p>\n

    Q: What is his criticism of the Karnataka Home Department?<\/strong>
    A:<\/strong> He says the Congress government acted within two days to arrest activists accused of \u201cabusing\u201d BJP\u2019s B.L. Santosh, but has taken no action against BJP leaders who abused Rahul Gandhi and CM Siddaramaiah.<\/p>\n

    Q: What does Shivasundar say about Rahul Gandhi\u2019s warnings?<\/strong>
    A:<\/strong> Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly \u2014 \u201cfor the 30th time or more\u201d \u2014 warned that he will drive out pro-BJP elements from Congress. Yet, the Karnataka Congress continues to shield them.<\/p>\n

    Q: What is his final verdict on the Karnataka Congress government?<\/strong>
    A:<\/strong> Shivasundar calls it a \u201cCongRSSS government\u201d<\/em>, not a Congress government, and questions whether Karnataka is living in a democracy or a political farce.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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    Karnataka Congress or “CongRSSS”? Shivasundar Questions Party\u2019s Tilt Towards Sangh Rahul Gandhi\u2019s 30th Warning Against Pro-BJP Elements: Is Anyone Listening? Bengaluru: Prominent activist and writer Shivasundar has sharply criticised the Karnataka Congress government, accusing it of behaving more like a disciple of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) than a party that claims to stand for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,96],"tags":[137,125,74,102,487,1255,82],"class_list":["post-5385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karnataka","category-politics","tag-congress","tag-dk-shivakumar","tag-karnataka","tag-karnataka-congress","tag-rahul-gandhi","tag-shiv-sundar","tag-siddaramaiah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5389,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions\/5389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belgaumnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}