NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Tuesday clarified his stance on reciting the RSS anthem within the Meeting, saying he was making an attempt to “pull BJP’s leg,” but when anybody has been harm, he feels sorry for them.“I simply commented and tried to tug their (BJP) leg. A few of my associates are taking a political leap, making an attempt to misuse it and trigger confusion among the many public… I do not need to harm their emotions. If anybody has been harm, I really feel sorry for them,” information company ANI quoted Shivakumar as saying.The deputy CM additionally mentioned that he stays a loyal Congressman.“I wish to search an apology to all of them. The Gandhi household can’t be questioned by anybody. I’m a born Congressman. I’ll die as a Congressman. I’ve numerous followers and associates throughout social gathering traces, in several political events. I do not need to harm anybody,” he mentioned.Earlier, Congress MLC B Ok Hariprasad had demanded an apology from Shivakumar for singing the RSS anthem within the state meeting.Nevertheless, minister HC Mahadevappa mentioned singing the RSS anthem doesn’t imply Shivakumar “is becoming a member of the BJP.”Hariprasad questioned who Shivakumar was making an attempt to please by reciting a music linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an organisation “banned thrice in unbiased India.”Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the MLC claimed, “Nobody will object if he sings the RSS anthem as deputy chief minister as a result of the federal government doesn’t belong to a celebration however to seven crore individuals of Karnataka—RSS, Jamat-e-Islami, Talibanis, and numerous others. However he isn’t alleged to sing it because the Congress state president.”Shivakumar took everybody unexpectedly on August 21 by singing the RSS anthem throughout a dialogue within the state Meeting on the stampede close to Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed the lives of 11 individuals.“If he sings as Congress state president, then he should apologise. It’s not correct to sing the prayer of an organisation that killed Mahatma Gandhi,” Hariprasad alleged.Taking a swipe at Shivakumar, he alleged, “He has many faces—a farmer, quarry proprietor, educationist, businessman, industrialist, politician. He could also be this one additionally (RSS employee).”Hariprasad careworn that Congress members can’t compromise on social gathering ideology and maintained that any affiliation with the RSS was “not correct.”Karnataka social welfare minister Mahadevappa and Mysuru MLA Tanveer Sait claimed that singing the RSS anthem within the Meeting doesn’t imply Shivakumar “is becoming a member of the BJP.”Talking to reporters in Mysuru, Mahadevappa mentioned, “He (Shivakumar) has solely asserted that he too is a Hindu. Congress will proceed to battle in opposition to that (RSS) ideology. Those that help secularism, democracy, and the Structure will oppose it (RSS ideology).”He additional added that one ought to “condemn spiritual extremism and any organisation, together with the RSS, that’s dangerous to democracy, the Structure, and the vast majority of the nation.”Tanveer Sait mentioned, “Simply because Shivakumar sang the RSS anthem doesn’t imply he’s in favour of the BJP.”(With company inputs)