Congress party leaders in Karnataka staged protest over COVID-19 relief package and amendment in Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) act in front of Gandhi statue at the premises of Vidhana Soudha.
Of the 16 rebel legislators, including 13 of the Congress and three of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) who resigned from their Assembly segments, 13 have been holed up in a five-star hotel in Mumbai since the political crisis unfolded on July 6.
Warning the rebels of action against them if they don't withdraw their resignations and attend the session, Shivakumar said they would be disqualified if they defy the party whip issued to all its members, including them, for their presence in the Assembly.
Eleven rebel Congress MLAs in Karnataka, who resigned from their Assembly seats, skipped the party's legislature meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday, an official said.
Baig, a former Congress minister, is an eight-time legislator from the Shivajinagar Assembly segment in the city centre.
Siddaramaiah and Dinesh Rao said, Karnataka Congress was with Gandhi and trusts his leadership. In Karnataka, the Congress and JDS, running the coalition government, could win only one seat each with the BJP sweeping 25 seats.
In a no-holds-barred attack, senior Karnataka Congress leader Roshan Baig on Tuesday accused the state party chief of being a "flop show" and scoffed at AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal as a "Buffon", prompting the party to issue a show cause notice for his outburst.
Party initiated disqualification action against him after he openly revolted against it and seen in Mumbai hotel with other three dissident MLAs.
Inayatullah Khan, who won the election from ward No. 16 in Tumakuru -- around 70 km from Bengaluru, was taking out the procession in the morning when an unidentified person sprayed some liquid on the crowd and fled the scene, police said.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: "It is a booth-wise election ahead, which is why the party needs our people in every booth. We (Congress) must have enough people with feet on every booth," Chidambaram said addressing party members.
Seat sharing between Congress and JD(S), that have decided to go together for Lok Sabha polls, is expected to be a major test for the coalition.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: As a first step, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee held discussions with candidates who were defeated in the May 12 assembly polls to introspect about the reasons for the loss and to strengthen the party for the future.
Rao, Karnataka Congress' Working President, while participating in a candle march organised by his party against the Unnao and Kathua incidents had slammed Yogi Adityanath.
Though the party has not announced any chief ministerial candidate, it has named Siddaramaiah as its face.
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