Bengaluru, April 13 -- Bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha thwarted by Cops; JD (S) Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, other leaders detained, released

State Janata Dal (Secular) unit, yesterday made a vain bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha, in protest against the Congress Government condemning the rise in prices of essential commodities, misrule, corruption and nepotism.

The JD(S) had organised a protest rally under the slogan Saakappa Saaku Congress Sarkara, was led by its youth wing State President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who was detained along with the party MLAs and leaders, before being let off.

Prior to laying the siege, the party had organised a mega convention at Freedom Park, where Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industr...