Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS) 

Bengaluru, Jul 14: It seems the joy of leaders of the coalition government was short-lived. MLA M T B Nagaraj, who had agreed to take back his resignation, suddenly left for Mumbai in unexpected turn of events on the morning of Sunday, July 14. 

Discussions were held with Nagaraj by the leaders of Congress and JD (S) on Saturday in order to convince him to take back his resignation and help in saving the coalition government from collapsing. Nagaraj agreed to take back his resignation but with a condition that he will resign only after he discusses the matter with K Sudhakar, MLA of Chikkaballapur, who is among the rebels who have resigned from Congress. 

As per the sources Nagaraj is now on his way to Mumbai to join the other rebel MLAs. Some TV channels showed the pictures of Nagaraj boarding a chartered flight to go to Mumbai. 

Surprisingly, Nagaraj still says that he is with the Congress party. Before leaving his residence in the city, the MLA told the reporters that Sudhakar is not able to be contacted as he has kept his phone in switched-off mode. “I will convince and try to bring Sudhakar back to Congress. As we both resigned together, we do not want to be separated now. This information has been given to the leaders of the Congress party." he said. 

It seemed the Congress had made some inroads, after a long day's discussions and negotiations with Nagaraj. But now it looks like all that effort has gone in vain. 

To a query by the media persons as to what decision he will take if he does not meet Sudhakar, MLA Nagaraj said that he will decide it on the morning of Monday.