As news broke about the alleged brawl between two Congress legislators in a resort, party leaders gave different versions of the turn of events that led to Vijayanagar MLA B.S. Anand Singh getting admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru for treatment.
While Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar told presspersons that Mr. Singh may have left the resort to attend a wedding, Mr. Shivakumar’s brother and Bengaluru Rural MP D.K. Suresh later said Mr. Singh had been hospitalised after he complained of chest pain.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, however, acknowledged before presspersons after visiting Mr. Singh in the hospital that there was a “small brawl” between friends, and that there was nothing to worry about.
Meanwhile, Congress MLC Rizwan Arshad completely rubbished the reports of brawl and described it as far from truth. Mr. Arshad claimed that Mr. Singh had hurt himself after a fall.