Congress leader and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the MLAs had only attended the dinner.
Belagavi: Going to a dinner party organized by Congress can be a big problem for 3 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs. Actually, Karnataka BJP President B. Y. Vijayendra has described the participation of his 3 MLAs in the Congress dinner party after the meeting of his MLAs in Belagavi as a ‘serious matter’. Vijayendra said on Thursday that he will seek clarification from all these MLAs and ask what their intention is. At the same time, state Deputy CM and Congress leader DK Shivakumar said that the MLA had only attended the dinner party and had not participated in any meeting.
‘It is a serious matter, I will discuss it with him today itself’
The names of the three BJP MLAs who attended the Congress dinner party were S. T. Somasekhar, Shivaram Hebbar and H. Vishwanath. Vishwanath is a member of the Legislative Council of Karnataka. Karnataka BJP President Vijayendra, speaking on this issue in Belagavi, said, ‘I got information about this in the morning. I will talk to him today itself, I will ask him what his intentions are. This is a serious matter, I will discuss it with him today itself. Let us tell you that in the 224-member assembly, Congress has 136 MLAs while BJP has 66 MLAs and JDS has 19 MLAs. One MLA each is from SKP and KRPP while another MLA is an independent.
‘Why will he come to the Congress Legislature Party meeting?’
Speaking on this issue, Congress State President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the MLAs did not participate in any meeting, but only attended the dinner on Wednesday night on his invitation. Shivkumar said, ‘I had organized a separate dinner, for which leaders of other parties were also invited, so about 10 people came including him (Somashekhar, Hebbar), Vishwanath and others. Why will he come to the Congress Legislature Party meeting? He is not an MLA of our party. He did not come to the legislative party meeting, he came only for dinner.
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