Factions of BJP Get Into Fist Fight During Meeting for Karnataka Council Polls

A section of workers raised slogans when NR Santosh, former aide of BS Yediyurappa, was delivering a speech. The workers also questioned his contribution to Arsikere.

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A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meeting in Karnataka's Asrikere witnessed fist fights after a heated exchange between two rival factions within the party turned violent on Tuesday, 30 November.

The meeting was being conducted by state Excise Minister K Gopalaiah in Hassan district's Arsikere to discuss poll strategies for the upcoming council elections in December.

A section of workers raised slogans when NR Santosh, former aide of BS Yediyurappa, was delivering a speech. The workers also questioned his contribution to Arsikere.

Soon after the minister left the venue, a group of people attacked those who had raised objections to the speech by Santosh.

Visuals show a group of men attacking a man in a light pink shirt. During the scuffle, Mohan Naik, who had questioned Santosh, sustained injuries and was admitted to a nearby local hospital. The man was seen pressing his nose with a handkerchief to stop the bleeding.

No police complaint has been filed in connection with the incident.

(With inputs from NDTV.)