Congress MLA Shrimant Patil was not seen in the House, amid reports he has been admitted in a Mumbai hospital. At one point, Congress members carrying pictures of Patil, strapped to a heart monitor, trooped into the well of the House shouting slogans "Down Down BJP" and "down down operation Kamala (lotus)" to bring down the government.
The Congress alleged that its MLA Shrimant Patil, who suddenly disappeared after being with them at a resort and went incommunicado, had been 'kidnapped' as part of efforts to 'topple' the coalition government.
The Congress MLAs said in unison that the lawmakers were living in fear and Patil was kidnapped, kept in a room, taken by a special flight and then admitted to a hospital. Senior minister D.K. Shivakumar said they would produce documents to show that Patil was forcibly admitted to the hospital to skip assembly
