JAIPUR/UDAIPUR: Assam governor Gulab Chand Kataria pushed an RSS veteran off the stage when he purportedly attempted to garland ex-Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje at an event Sunday in Udaipur's Sukhadia Hall. Kataria said he deemed the act of someone from the audience climbing the stage and approaching Raje in the middle of the event "inappropriate".
Raje, too, stood up to admonish RSS worker, identified as Vijay Raj Suwalka. She later spoke of the "shifting dynamics of loyalty".
A 40-second video that has since been widely shared on social media shows Suwalka trying to approach Raje, disregarding Kataria's gesture asking him to return to his seat. The governor is then seen rushing towards Suwalka and pushing him. Reluctant to leave the stage even then, Suwalka is seen arguing with Kataria. When the guards and some people in the audience intervene, RSS worker is seen going off stage while shouting at Kataria.
Suwalka said Kataria publicly took "revenge" against him for once demanding a BJP ticket to contest the former's assembly seat, Barisadri.
Kataria, a seven-time former MLA, was made Assam governor in Feb 2023.
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