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With this, the number of rebel legislators from the southern state put up at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai here went up to 14, including nine of the Congress, he added.
“The two MLAs arrived after midnight. We are expecting four more MLAs to come here soon,” the source said.
Before the arrival of the two MLAs, 12 legislators — seven of the Congress, three of the JD(S) and two Independents — have been in the city since last Saturday after resigning from the Karnataka Assembly and withdrawing support to the coalition government in the southern state.
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He was later detained, along with Congress leader Milind Deora and former Maharashtra minister Naseem Khan.
Shivakumar was sent back to Bengaluru on Wednesday evening.
Police officials told Shivakumar that the rebel MLAs had written to the Mumbai police chief, claiming that they feared a threat to their lives due to his arrival in the city.
The police has imposed prohibitory orders in the vicinity of the hotel.
The political crisis in Karnataka has also reached the Supreme Court with 10 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs moving a plea claiming that the Assembly speaker is deliberately not accepting their resignations.
The apex court on Thursday allowed the 10 rebel MLAs to meet the Karnataka Assembly speaker at 6 pm to convey their decision to resign to him.
The ruling coalition in the southern state faces the threat of losing its majority if the resignations of the rebel MLAs are accepted.
The coalition’s total strength is 116 (Congress 78, JD(S) 37, BSP one), besides the Speaker.
The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature is scheduled to commence from Friday.