A rebellion in the Karnataka Congress, which was seen as an attempt by Opposition BJP to topple the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka, appeared to be petering out, with the ruling combine establishing contact with the six MLAs reported to have gone incommunicado on Monday.
With one of them, Bhima Naik, the MLA from Hagaribomanahalli in Bellary, returning to the party fold, the Congress on Wednesday called a meeting of the state legislature party on Friday to discuss strategies for the Lok Sabha polls.
Congress leaders said all its 79 legislators were expected to attend the meeting called by CLP leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.