Siddaramaiah’s ‘Haww’ Moment, Local Leader Kisses Him Publicly
Siddaramaiah, visibly embarrassed by the incident, wiped his cheek with a big smile.
A woman placed a peck on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s cheek at a public meeting in Bengaluru, leaving him visibly embarrassed. The incident happened at a programme to felicitate newly elected members of zilla panchayats and taluk panchayats, organised by the Karnataka Pradesha Kuruba Sangha at palace grounds.
Standing next to Chief Minister for a group photo, Girija Srinivas, who is Tarikere Taluk Panchayat member from Amruthapura in Chikmagalur district, all of a sudden in her moment of joy gave a peck on his cheek and walked away. Siddaramaiah, visibly embarrassed by the incident, wiped his cheek with a big smile.
Speaking to a TV channel, the woman said she was happy that the Chief Minister was also a Kuruba, and called him a “lion of the community”.
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