Janata Dal (Secular) MLA M Srinivas slaps college principal, video goes viral

JD(S) Mandya MLA M. Srinivas on Wednesday slapped the principal of an ITI College in Karnataka. The video of the incident, which took place at Mandya's Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar ITI College, since gone viral.

The MLA has also drawn a lot of flak from netizens over the incident. Many viewers of the video lashed out against the MLA for his highhandedness and also berated the principal’s colleagues for not coming out in his support. The incident happened in Mandya, at the Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar ITI College.

The video shows other college officials including a lady standing around watching the incident in shock. The apparent reason cited is that the principal was unable to answer questions, asked by the MLA, related to a computer lab. The video shows another staff of the college answering the questions asked by the MLA.