Summary:
Support of two independent councillors will only make up for their absence,” explained a senior Congress leader and former minister. However, Congress leaders denied that there was a crisis at hand. The Congress immediately shifted the remaining five independent councillors to an undisclosed location. Two meetings of senior Congress leaders, led by Siddaramaiah, Dr.
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Parameshwara, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and all Bengaluru leaders on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, failed to resolve the issue. The JD(S) was expected to name its candidate for the post of deputy mayor on Friday morning..