Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Jan 30: Disgruntled Congress MLA from Athani , Mahesh Kumthalli , has gone to Mumbai to meet his mentor Ramesh Jarkiholi, it is gathered.
Mahesh Kumthalli is one of the four MLAs who did not attend the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting when it was called amid threat to the coalition government. He had received show-cause notice for the same from Congress. Before this he was in Mumbai. It was said then that he was in touch with BJP.
Kumthalli had appeared suddenly on January 24 in Athani and held talks with Congress leaders and workers throughout night. On the day of Republic Day, he had participated in the programme and unfurled the tricolor. But then he had walked out during the function.
It is not known when Kumthalli left for Mumbai, but sources say he has reached there.