Gujarat Congress legislators reach Ahmedabad

All the Congress legislators from Gujarat, who were camping at a private resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, left Bengaluru in an early morning flight and reached Ahmedabad around 5 a.m. on Monday.

As soon as they arrived, they were taken to a resort in Anand district.

With the DGP of Gujarat having written to his Karnataka counterpart to provide adequate security to the MLAs, the Karnataka Police made all arrangement for the legislators to board the flight under strict vigilance.

Although there were reports that the MLAs would leave in batches, sources said all of them left together.

“All our MLAs have returned and they have been taken to a resort in Anand,” Congress party chief whip and senior leader Sailesh Parmar told reporters in Anand.

The MLAs were whisked away from the airport in Ahmedabad and have been kept at Nijanand resort on the outskirts of Anand town.

“All our MLAs have decided not to go to their home even on this day of ‘Rakshabandhan’ and to be loyal soldiers of the Congress party. They will stay together and they will go to vote for the Rajya Sabha polls tomorrow [to Gandhinagar] from Anand,” Mr. Parmar said.

“Ahmed Patel and State Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki will come to Anand to meet them,” he said, adding they have not taken police security at the resort.