This is the bizarre moment a local politician's moment of glory came crashing down thanks to a charging bull.

Residents of Dodderi village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka invited their local representative M. P. Renukacharya to open a bull-taming contest on Friday (November 1st).

He received a hero's welcome when his chanting supporters carried him into the venue.

Moments later, however, a startled bull charged directly at the crowd, knocking Renukacharya and many of his supporters to the ground.

Eyewitnesses said the politician and his followers received only minor injuries and were back on their feet in no time.

“He was fit enough to take part in the programme though he preferred to walk this time,” said Kiran Shekar, a local resident/