Congress held me hostage, gave no respect: Independent Karnataka MLA Nagesh

One of the two independent MLAs who withdrew support from the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka told India Today TV's Sahil Joshi that one of the Congress leader had held him hostage after the assembly elections. H Nagesh is reportedly holed up at a undisclosed hotel in Mumbai.

Nagesh said that after the elections, a Congress leader who is a minister in the Karnataka cabinet picked him up from the counting center and forcibly took him to the governor and that was the reason he was hiding in Mumbai. "Congress paid no respect to us and there wasn't any understanding between the coalition partners," he said.