MP Politics: Digvijaya Singh Protests Outside Bengaluru Resort; Taken Into Preventive Custody By Police

When Singh was stopped from going into the hotel following which he sat on dharna there. He was then taken into preventive custody.

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New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial hearing by the Supreme Court over the BJP petitions seeking floor test in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, veteran Congress leader Digvijay Singh was taken into preventive custody by the police in Bengaluru. Singh had reached Bengaluru early in the morning on Wednesday and tried to go to Ramada Hotel where the rebel Congress MLAs are lodged. In a high voltage drama, when he was stopped from going into the hotel following which he sat on dharna there. He was then taken into preventive custody. Heavy security has been deployed in and around the resort in the city's northern suburb since Sunday after the rebels MLAs shifted here from another resort. Digvijaya Singh said, "I am a Rajya Sabha candidate I am not allowed to meet the MLAs." Earlier, Digvijaya Singh was received by Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar at the airport. Shivakumar said, "The Congress party is united and we have our own political strategy." In the apex court when the matter comes up for hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal will appear for the Madhya Pradesh government and Abhishek Singhvi for the Speaker. The BJP has moved the top court for holding a floor test in Assembly as it thinks the Kamal Nath government has lost its majority. The 22 rebel Congress MLAs held a press conference on Tuesday and claimed that 20 more party MLAs want to join them and they were thinking of crossing over to the BJP in the days to come. In a massive setback for the Congress, its prominent youth leader Jyotiradtya Scindia quit the party and in a coordinated rebellion last week 22 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. Scindia joined the BJP on March 11.