Bengaluru: Congress Legislature Party(CLP) leader and former CM Siddaramaiah will not be attending the first week of the joint winter session of the state legislature convened in Belagavi from Monday.
Sources close to the ex-CM told Deccan Chronicle that Mr Siddaramaiah would be going to Malaysia on Monday to attend the marriage of his close friend. He would be out of the country for four days starting from Monday. Mr Siddaramaiah will attend the Belagavi session from December 17 with the session set to end on December 21.
Asserting that there were no political reasons for him skipping the first few days of the session to go on a foreign tour, Mr Siddaramaiah said the visit was planned a long time ago. "Can’t I attend a marriage outside India ", he shot back when asked about this by media persons.
The absence of Mr Siddaramaiah from the Legislative Assembly is likely to disappoint a majority of Congress legislators who saw him as their saviour and a bridge between party workers and disgruntled MLAs. Fireworks are expected in the House in the first few days because of the sugarcane growers stir and political issues including the delay in filling vacant cabinet berths.
