{"id":52830,"date":"2025-03-03T20:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/only-spoke-the-truth-says-dk-shivakumar-as-bjp-flays-him-for-threatening-film-actors-21\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:55:39","slug":"only-spoke-the-truth-says-dk-shivakumar-as-bjp-flays-him-for-threatening-film-actors-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/only-spoke-the-truth-says-dk-shivakumar-as-bjp-flays-him-for-threatening-film-actors-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Only spoke the truth&#8217;: Says DK Shivakumar as BJP flays him for \u2018threatening\u2019 film actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar faced criticism from opposition parties BJP and JD(S) for his recent remarks towards Kannada film actors, with accusations of threatening the film industry. Shivakumar, however, stood by his comments, emphasizing that he was simply voicing his frustration over the actors&#8217; apparent lack of support for the Mekedatu Padayatra. The Deputy CM maintained that he had only spoken the truth in this matter. The controversy surrounding Shivakumar&#8217;s statements has sparked a debate within the political landscape of Karnataka. The incident has also brought to light the complex relationship between the entertainment industry and the state&#8217;s political leaders. As the situation unfolds, it remains to be seen how it will impact the dynamics between the government and the film fraternity in the region. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar faced criticism from opposition parties BJP and JD(S) for his recent remarks towards Kannada film actors, with accusations of threatening the film industry. Shivakumar, however, stood by his comments, emphasizing that he was simply voicing his frustration over the actors&#8217; apparent lack of support for the Mekedatu Padayatra. The Deputy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/todays-bulletin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TODAY'S BULLETIN<\/a>","tag_info":"TODAY'S BULLETIN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}