The missive to the chief minister came as the MLAs were reportedly shepherded to Mumbai last night and kept in a five-star hotel to apparently prevent them from being poached for the June 11 biennial polls to four RS seats from the state.
When asked about the issue, Siddaramaih said, “I don’t know, they may have gone for their personal work, how will I know?”
To a question if Congress MLA S T Somashekar was with them, he said, “Why can’t Somashekar go along with them? He might also have gone to Bombay. I don’t know anything; no one has spoken to me. Congress MLAs won’t go.”
Meanwhile, a report along with an “unedited copy” of the “sting operation” purportedly showing MLAs negotiating money deal in exchange for their votes has been submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI).