All the Congress legislators from Gujarat , who were put up in a resort near Bengaluru, left for Ahmedabad in an early morning flight and reached the city around 5 a.m. on Monday.
The legislators were taken to the resort by the party on July 29 to prevent their ''poaching'' by the ruling BJP before the Rajya Sabha polls, scheduled for August 8.
As soon as they arrived, they were taken to Nijanand resort on the outskirts of Anand town.
With the DGP of Gujarat having written to his Karnataka counterpart to provide adequate security to the MLAs, the Karnataka police made all arrangements for the legislators to board the flight under strict vigilance.
Although there were reports that the MLAs would leave in batches, sources said all of them left together.
“All our MLAs have returned and they have been taken to a resort in Anand,” Congress chief whip and senior leader Sailesh Parmar told reporters in Anand.
“All our MLAs have decided not to go to their home even on this day of ‘Rakshabandhan’ and to be loyal soldiers of the Congress. They will stay together and they will go to vote for the Rajya Sabha polls tomorrow [to Gandhinagar] from Anand,” Mr. Parmar said.
“Ahmed Patel and State Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki will come to Anand to meet them,” he said, adding they have not taken police security at the resort.
(With inputs from PTI)
