India, June 21 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lost his cool at party workers during the Sankalpa Samavesha programme in Bengaluru after a section of the crowd repeatedly raised "DK-DK" slogans in support of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

A video from the event showed workers chanting Shivakumar's initials as senior Congress leaders, including Shivakumar and AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, appeared to urge the crowd to quieten down.

Interrupting his speech, Kharge rebuked the workers and warned of disciplinary action.

"Will the entire country be affected if you shout here? This is not an individual's programme, it is a party programme. You useless fellows... There is no worship of individuals he...