Bengaluru, Aug. 16 -- After a section of the crowd started chanting "Modi Modi" during a program at Vidhan Soudha as Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar addressed the crowd and tackled the situation head-on with a quick-witted comeback that turned the chants around in his own favour.

Rather than let the moment pass by ignoring the chants, CM Shivakumar responded to the chants directly from the stage, telling the crowd, "Even Modi says DK DK" The remark drew a swift reaction from the gathering, with the crowd then breaking into chants of "DK, DK" in response. He then responded with "Look, DK, DK chants have started now".

CM Shivakumar has previously brushed off similar sloganeering in his favour, when some people chanted DK-DK infront...