Bengaluru, June 08: I am not alone. Even If party deserts me, I will not leave it. I have the support of 15-20 MLAs. I will discuss with them and take next decision being in the party framework, said Congress MLA MB Patil.

MB Patil, who expressed intense anger for keeping him out of the cabinet in the coalition government, has held a meeting of dissident MLAs at his residence in Bengaluru.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Dy CM G Parameshwara, DK Shivakumar, RV Deshpande and other leaders of JD(S)-Congress coalition met Patil at his residence during the first half of Friday and tried to convince him.

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Aurangabad (Bihar) (PTI): Two persons were killed and six others injured after the wall of a house collapsed on them in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, police said on Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Akhileshwar Yadav (55) and Satyanarayan Yadav (65), a senior officer said.

The incident took place on Saturday night when the people had gathered to watch a wedding ceremony in the Obra area, he said.

According to villagers, the wall of a house where the wedding ceremony was going on suddenly collapsed on them, Obra Police Station SHO Nitish Kumar said.

A police team reached the spot after receiving the information, the SHO said.

"Two died on the spot, and the six injured were immediately taken to the nearest government hospital. Their condition is stated to be out of danger," the station house officer said.

The bodies were sent for the post-mortem examinations, said the SHO, adding that the matter was being examined.