Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has put off his decision on the resignation of 14 Congress-JDS MLAs, asking the rebels to meet him in personal and explain their move. Switching-up travel plans to keep the JD(S)-Congress coalition guessing, the 14 rebel MLAs who left Mumbai on Monday evening for Goa were taken to Pune instead and are now expected to reach the coastal state today in a special flight. The MLAs — 10 of the Congress, two of the JD(S) and two Independents — were to travel to Goa by road, accompanied by Mumbai BJP Yuva Morcha president Mohit Bhartiya, sources said. But, they were taken to Pune in Maharashtra from where they are likely to take a flight to Goa.

Maharashtra BJP legislator Prasad Lad earlier said the 14 MLAs left the luxury hotel in Mumbai where they were put up at 5 pm on Monday. They are expected to stay at a resort in Goa, the sources said.