Bengaluru, May 2 -- BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Friday extended congratulations to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar after he became a grandfather, highlighting the balance between personal milestones and public duties.

In a post on X, Surya shared an anecdote from Shivakumar's busy schedule in South Bengaluru, where he attended multiple public programmes despite receiving repeated calls from home about his daughter's delivery.

Surya wrote, "Today, DCM D K Shivakumar participated in several programs in South Bengaluru. While travelling in the car between programs, he used to get repeated calls from home. When asked, he said, "Today is the delivery of my daughter. I am becoming a grandfather." On the one hand, it is the happiest ...