As a precautionary measure to avoid possible “poaching” of its councillors in Ballari City Municipal Corporation Council by the BJP ahead of Mayoral elections, the Congress asked its members to go to a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Wednesday.
As per information provided by sources in the Congress, the move was initiated by District Congress Committee president Mohammad Rafeeq and Ballari Rural MLA Nagendra based on the directions of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D.K. Shivakumar.
As many as 21 councillors were elected on Congress ticket, along with five Congress rebel candidates who won the elections as Independent candidates, left Ballari in private vehicles for Goldfinch Retreat in Bengaluru.
