Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJ)
Bengaluru, Feb 6: Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh, who was hurriedly discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, attended the joint session accompanied by Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah and Wakf minister Zameer Ahmed Khan.
Singh, who had sustained eye injury, was spotted wearing dark glasses. Kampli MLA JN Ganesh, who is accused of assaulting Singh at the Eagleton Resort on January 20, did not attend the session. He is yet toe be arrested by police.
Anand Singh said that he will not withdraw the complaint
“I am getting better and have been advised rest by the doctors. I will not leave Congress. I am very much happy with the party. Nobody from Ganesh’s family has contacted me to withdraw the complaint,” Singh said while exiting the Assembly during the obituary reference.
Four disgruntled MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Umesh G Jadhav (Chincholi) B Nagendra (Bellary), Mahesh Kumthalli (Athani) – who have all been issued show cause notices by the Congress did not attend the session.
Two Independent MLAs H Nagesh (Mulbagal) and R Shankar (Ranebennur), who have withdrawn support from the government, too were not to be seen.
In addition to these, other disgruntled Congress MLAs like Basangouda Daddal (Raichur Rural), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Paratapgouda Patil (Maski), Ramalinga Reddy (BTM Layout), his daughter Sowmya Reddy (Jayanagar) too have absented themselves from the session.
The police are yet to arrest the MLA. Interestingly, JD(S) MLA Narayan Gowda (K R Pet) was among the absentee MLAs.