Out on bail, Congress MLA Ganesh says MLA who he assaulted is like a 'brother'

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Kampli MLA JN Ganesh was in jail for two months for allegedly assaulting fellow Congress MLA Anand Singh in January.

TNM Staff

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“Anand Singh is still my brother and he is angry with me. I hope everything will be fine and relations will be normal,” Karnataka Congress member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) JN Ganesh said less than a week after getting bail in an attempt to murder case for allegedly assaulting fellow Congress MLA Anand in January. Ganesh, the MLA from Kampli constituency in Ballari district, said this on Saturday following a meeting with senior party leader Suryanarayana Reddy. “There are people who committed major mistakes and got away with it. In my case, it was a minor incident, blown out of proportion by some people. I will not speak much about what happened in the resort. Anand Singh knows me for the last 15 years and even today, I respect him a lot. Even if he rejects me, I will continue to remain his brother,” Ganesh added. Ganesh, who was in jail for two months in connection with the case, was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday. Ganesh was arrested on February 20, a month after he absconded when he was booked by Bidadi Police for allegedly assaulting Anand Singh that took place at Eagleton resort on January 19. The Congress legislators were holed up in the resort after a special legislature meeting was called by party leader Siddaramaiah during a time of threat to the coalition government. In his statement to the police, Anand Singh had said Ganesh had threatened to shoot him dead and even had sought his gunman’s weapon. The injuries landed Anand Singh in hospital and he reportedly had to undergo eye surgery, too. Ganesh was booked under sections 323 (Voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 307 (Attempt to murder), 504 (intentional insult to breach peace) and 506 (Criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Following the incident, Ganesh was suspended by the party pending action from the party High Command. Speaking alongside Ganesh, Suryanarayana urged the party’s state leadership to restore Ganesh’s position in the party. He added, “I will urge Karnataka Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and Bellary MP VS Ugrappa to bring about a truce between the legislators Anand Singh and JN Ganesh.”

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