BENGALURU: Hosapete
MLA Anand Singh
has been admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru after sustaining a head injury following a fight with Kampli MLA J N Ganesh at a resort in the wee hours of Sunday.
According to the Congress sources, Ganesh hit a bottle on Anand's head following a heated argument during a party.
Some
Congress MLAs, who have been taken to a resort amid alleged poaching attempts by the opposition BJP, were reportedly partying till late on Saturday night when the incident happened.
Sources said that Ganesh, who was reportedly in touch with other disgruntled Congress MLAs planning to switch over to the BJP, entered into a heated argument with Anand as he held him responsible for the failure of
'Operation Lotus' . This led to an altercation between the two lawmakers following which Ganesh hit Anand on his head with a bottle.
Anand was immediately rushed to a hospital by other MLAs present at the party. There is no word yet from the hospital about Anand's condition.
Meanwhile, the Congress sought to play down the reports of scuffle, saying that it was a personal issue and had nothing to do with politics.
Singh has "a black eye and suffered blunt injuries," according to sources at the private hospital where he is undergoing treatment. He had also complained of uneasiness in the chest but was now in the ward and "fine", Congress sources said.
Congress spokesperson and former Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud Yakshi said the scuffle was related to some business issue had nothing to do with politics.
"It was personal district related. They are all together in business. The scuffle has nothing to do with politics. They come from the same district and have business relations. It (the fight) is something related to that. It has nothing to do with politics," he said.
The two MLAs had the dinner together in his presence and everything was cordial but after he left the fight broke out, Yakshi told news agency PTI.
Bidadi police under whose jurisdiction the Eagleton resort is located, said they have not received any complaint so far.
A posse of policemen have been deployed in front of the hospital with no visitor being allowed.
"We have not been allowed inside the hospital," Raghunath, a Congress MLA, said.
Reacting to the incident, the BJP said that it's clear that all is not well within the Congress and took a dig at state party chief Dinesh Gundu Rao for not being able to prevent the fight.
"What more proof do we need to tell all is not well within Congress..Congress MLA's in Eagleton resort indulged in physical fight & 1 MLA is admitted. How long will congress be in denial mode & blame BJP for all their differences? When political party is lame, it loves to blame," the
Karnataka BJP tweeted.
Meanwhile, the Congress has sent notices to four MLAs who skipped a crucial CLP meeting on Friday.
The party sought to know why action should not be taken against the lawmakers under the anti-defection law for not attending the Congress Legislature Party Meeting that was a show of strength against BJP's alleged bid to dislodge the ruling coalition.
(With inputs from PTI)
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