A video showed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar singing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) anthem inside the state Assembly. The anthem, ‘Namaste Sada Vatsale Matrubhoome’, is traditionally sung at RSS shakhas (branches). Reacting to it, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari stated that no one in Congress, from MP Shashi Tharoor to Karnataka Deputy CM takes Rahul seriously.