The Karnataka BJP MLAs have been shifted to a private hotel here on Saturday evening before the 18 July Presidential elections. Following the directives of the party high command, BJP chief whip M. Satish Reddy asked MLAs to remain in the hotel until Monday morning before leaving for Vidhana Soudha to vote.
“High command wants to send out a message of how serious our party is about Droupadi Murmu’s candidature,” a BJP MLA said. State BJP unit has organised a mock voting drill for the Member of Legislative Assembly on Sunday. Three persons, who were trained at a party session in Delhi on how voters should go about their exercise, will conduct the drill on Sunday here, sources said.