Delhi confidential: Kannada Confidence

Randeep Surjewala immediately said he too is fluent in Kannada and can answer their questions in the language.

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Congress general secretary in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Surjewala shared a light-hearted moment with journalists after a press briefing at the AICC headquarters on Friday. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar were also present at the briefing and some journalists from the state insisted that they address the media in Kannada after their statements in English.

Surjewala immediately said he too is fluent in Kannada and can answer their questions in the language. He even challenged a journalist to ask a question in Kannada, leaving the crowd in splits. Whether Surjewala, who hails from Haryana, knows the language or not remains a mystery.

Missing In Action

Congress’s parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi did not attend the party’s Central Election Committee meeting on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Friday. Some leaders at the party headquarters said this was perhaps the first time she didn’t attend the CEC meeting in a long time. A source said the party has finalised four names for the elections and is likely to make the announcement soon.

Special Screening

In a unique initiative, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities organised a special screening of actor Rajkummar Rao-starrer Srikanth in sign language at a theatre in Delhi. The screening was attended by students with hearing impairments, officials from the department and the film’s director, Tushar Hiranandani. The movie is based on Srikanth Bolla, a visually impaired industrialist.