In an embarrassment to the Congress party, which exposed the rift in the party in Karnataka, the Bidadi police on Monday registered an attempt to murder case against MLA JN Ganesh, for assaulting his party colleague MLA Anand Singh. In the early hours of Sunday, Kampi MLA JN Ganesh had allegedly hit Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh with a liquor bottle during an argument over Ganesh trying to defect to the BJP. As a result, Anand Singh was admitted to a private hospital in the city on Sunday afternoon.
The MLA JN Ganesh has been ordered to suspend the Congress MLAs from the resort in the wake of Operation Lotus turmoil.
In the wake of the Shivakumar Swamiji Lingayat, the party leaders sent their legislators to the fields in anxiety.
Party general secretary VY Ghorpade, the legislator Ganesh, has issued a suspension order. Anand Singh was seriously charged with the incident, as JN Nikhil was ordered by KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao. Ganesh has been suspended from immediate effect. The court also directed the DC to conduct a trial in the case. A Special Investigation Team comprising George and Krishna Byre Gowda has been ordered to submit a quick report, he said.
Anand Sing was admitted to the hospital on Sunday, The case has been registered under IPC Section 323, 324, 307, 504, 506 by the backward MLA.