The meeting came a day after the Congress issued the whip to four of its MLAs, who didn’t attend the earlier CLP meetings amid allegations against them of drifting to in BJP folds.
The Congress has been accusing the BJP of trying to bring down the ruling JDS-Cong coalition in the state. The party had shifted its 76 MLAs to Bengaluru’s Eagleton resort in an attempt to counter any poaching bid by the BJP. The MLAs are likely to return from the resort after the CLP meeting today.
The CLP meeting also comes a day after one of the Congress MLAs, camping at Eagleton resort in the outskirts of Bengaluru amid poaching fears, was admitted to Bengaluru’s Apollo Hospital. According to local media reports, Singh was rushed to hospital after he was hit with a bottle on his head by JN Ganesh during a brawl at the resort.