Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, took everyone by surprise on Thursday when he sang the RSS anthem during a discussion in the state Assembly on the stampede near Chinnaswamy stadium, which claimed the lives of 11 people, reported news agency PTI.

A sudden musical note amazed the House, which heard the first few lines of the RSS Anthem `Namaste Sada Vatsale Matrubhoome` as shown in a video of the proceedings.

Shivakumar`s recital came when the BJP legislators accused Shivakumar of being an `abettor` of the stampede as he created mass frenzy.