Reportedly the Mangaluru police have detained several congress leaders from karnataka at the Mangaluru airport in Bajpe. Meanwhile former congress minister for Higher education Basavaraj Rayareddy, former karnataka assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and former ballari mp VS Ugrappa were detained by the police at the airport in Bajpe on friday morning. Perhaps MB Patil, mla from Babaleshwar and former home minister MB Patil, MLC Nazeer ahmed and leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council SR Patil were also detained at the airport on Friday.
Apparently the police allegedly asked congress leaders to go back to bengaluru and did not allow them to step outside the airport. Former Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. Former chief minister Siddaramaiah was also stopped from boarding a private charter plane to Mangaluru tweeted that he was not allowed to deboard the plane.
He said "Due to ill health, I boarded a private charter plane to Mangaluru. The police are not allowing me to get off the plane in Mangaluru. What is the bjp trying to hide?” Siddaramaiah’s plane was not allowed to land and he returned to bengaluru on Friday. Perhaps congress mla from Byatarayanapura and former minister krishna Byre Gowda called the move a "defacto emergency". "Defacto Emergency-Sri @siddaramaiah, myself & few others were scheduled to fly to Mangalore. Govt cancelled the flight permission. Leaders like Ramesh Kumar have been arrested in MLR. Total lockdown on freedom! So much for bjp which did politics on 1975 Emergency, only to beat it".
