Bangalore: Karnataka Congress legislator Anand Singh was hospitalised Sunday after an alleged brawl with other party MLAs while staying at a resort here, said a party leader.
“Anand Singh was taken to hospital after a friendly fight ensued between a few MLAs at the resort. Everything is all right and Anand is taking rest at the hospital,’’ state Food and Civil Supplies Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan told reporters.
Singh is a legislator from Vijayanagara Assembly segment in Ballari district. He was shifted to a private hospital here. The details of the attack on Singh were, however, not disclosed by the party leaders. Earlier in the day, party leaders, including DK Shivakumar, however, denied any such attack on Singh.
The state BJP unit alleged that Congress MLAs “fear for life” under Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy government.
“Congress MLAs fear for life under HDK government. Siddaramaiah preaches everyone about constitutional values, we demand (Congress state president) Dinesh Gundu Rao and Siddaramaiah to immediately suspend their party MLA responsible for the attack on Anand Singh,” the party tweeted. The Congress legislators have been residing at a private resort on the city outskirts since Friday night, after a party meeting was chaired by Siddaramaiah at the Vidhana Soudha, as a show of legislators’ strength.
The party’s senior leaders and MLAs at the resort have been holding discussions over the alleged poaching attempts by the Bharatiya Janata Party and preparing for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in April-May, the state Congress said.
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