BJP MLA, Cong MLC come to blows during KDP meeting in Bidar

Bidar (Karnataka), Jan 5 (PTI) BJP MLA Siddu Patil and Congress MLC Bhimrao Patil came to blows during a meeting in the presence of Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Monday.

The video of the clash went viral on social media.

According to sources, Khandre was chairing the district-level quarterly meeting of Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) at the Zilla Panchayat Hall in the district headquarters town of Bidar in North Karnataka.

Hurling invective at each other over the forest land encroachment, the two leaders came to blows. Quickly, a police officer and other government officials present there separated them.

Later, Khandre intervened and pacified both of them. PTI GMS GMS ADB