Amid Karnataka crisis, senior Congress leaders meet in Delhi

Senior Congress leaders met at the party office in New Delhi on Saturday evening to discuss the Karnataka crisis and the leadership crisis in the party.

New Delhi:Amid a new crisis to its coalition government in Karnataka with the resignation of 11 MLAs on Saturday, senior Congress leaders went into a huddle here.

Congress leaders Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Motilal Vora, Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitendra Singh, party communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and Deepender Hooda arrived at the party office here on Saturday evening.

According to party sources, the senior leaders will discuss the Karnataka crisis and the leadership crisis in the party.

Speaking to reporters while going in, Surjewala said: "Will speak on Karnataka crisis after the meeting."

Meanwhile, party's Karnataka in-charge KCVenugopal, who was in Kerala, arrived in Bengaluru to deal with the crisis.