A day after a Minister in the crisis-stricken Kamal Nath government was allegedly stopped by police from entering a resort near here where 19 of the 22 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh were believed to be holed up, Karnataka Congress' President-designate D K Shivakumar along with him approached the ADGP, seeking help.
Shivakumar, accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Ministers Jitu Patwari and Balaram Choudhary, along with Narayan Choudhary, who is father of one of the MLAs Manoj Choudhary, met ADGP Amar Kumar Pandey at the DGP office here.
Narayan Choudhary requested police to give him an opportunity to meet his son and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Alleging that his son Manoj was forcibly brought here by "some people" and kept in the resort, Narayan Choudhary said, "Though my son wanted to meet us, he was not allowed by some local people said to be BJP members threatened us and took us to the local police station without any reason."
Speaking to reporters after meeting police officials, Shivakumar on Friday said, "we have requested police to facilitate the meeting of father and the son, without any threat or force and in a free and fair manner."
"I'm sure that police will be fair."
Regarding Karnataka Congress extending help to Madhya Pradesh Congress, he said, "...our entire life is dedicated for (party). We don't want to make it a big issue. Very patiently we are waiting for various things."
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