Amidst a flurry of mocking posters, former Karnataka CM and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy responded sharply questioning the dignity of Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. HD Kumaraswamy further accused Shivakumar of screening adult films in tents at Doddalahalli and Sathanur. Kumaraswamy asserted that this behavior revealed Shivakumar's origins. However, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said that he was ready to quit politics if HDK or anyone else proved that he had done any illegal activities in his constituency.
On posters mocking him, former Karnataka CM and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy said, "What dignity does he have? Pasting posters is his dignity. This is the dignity of a party president."
Further, HDK accused DK Shivakumar of screening blue films and said, "He (DK Shivakumar) was screening adult films in tents at Doddalahalli and Sathanur. This shows where he comes from. That is why he's pasting posters now."
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Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said that it was the shame of HDK to speak like this against him.
He said, "I feel very sorry for HD Kumaraswamy, he is such a senior leader and former CM he's talking like this. Let him go to my constituency and ask people there if they have elected me with a margin of over 2 lakh votes to show blue films? If he proves or anyone proves that I have done such type of illegal activities, I am ready to quit politics. It is a shame of Kumaraswamy, to speak like this..."