The rebel JD(S)-Congress MLAs in Karnataka had written to the Mumbai Police Commissioner asking for security as they fear 'threat' to life by the visits of Congress leader DK Shivakumar and Karnataka CM to the Mumbai hotel. The Mumbai police has stopped Shivakumar from meeting the rebel MLAs. Talking to media the Congress leader said, "I have a room in the hotel, my friends are staying here. They (MLAs) are my brothers."
