BJP did not kidnap me: Hospitalised Cong MLA
July 19, 2019  13:03
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The Mumbai Police has allowed Karnataka Police officials to meet and take the statement of Congress MLA Shrimant Patil, who is admitted at St George hospital in Mumbai.


Patil's disappearing act from Karnataka and his sudden appearance in Mumbai came on a day the state Assembly was rocked during a trust vote. The Congress alleged that Patil, who had gone incommunicado, had been "kidnapped" as part of efforts to destabliise the coalition government.


The Congress MLAs said the lawmakers were living in fear and Patil was kidnapped, kept in a room, taken by a special flight to Mumbai and admitted to a hospital.


Senior minister DK Shivakumar said they would produce documents to show that Patil was forcibly admitted to the hospital to skip the trust vote.


Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar reads out Patil's letter to Governor Vajubhai Vala in the House, "I went to Chennai for personal work and felt chest pain. I visited a hospital on doctor's suggestion and I came to Mumbai and got admitted here. Hence I couldn't attend the assembly session. I was not kidnapped by BJP."
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