Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has received an invitation from Industries Minister MB Patil to join the Congress party. Patil took to Twitter on Monday to express his thoughts on the delay in electing the leader of the opposition.

He also mockingly congratulated former CM HD Kumaraswamy on his upcoming role as the leader of the opposition and hinted that Basavaraj Bommai may face a similar situation as his predecessors, Yeddyurappa and Jagadish Shettar.

In his tweet, Patil stated, "BJP is a collapsing house of cards. Bommai should think about joining Congress. Congress High Command may consider if he reverts to secular ideology as he did in the past and like senior Bommai."

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Latur (PTI): A three-year-old boy and his elder sister died after falling into a well while playing near their house in Latur city of Maharashtra, police said on Friday.

The incident took place in Taleburhan area here on Thursday.

"Alina Sameer Shaikh (6) and her brother Usman, aged three, fell into a well while playing. The incident took place around 4 pm on April 10," inspector Sujit Rejitwad said.

When they fell into the well, their eight-year-old brother panicked and rushed home to inform his family members about it, he said.

The family members and their neighbours immediately rushed to the place and launched a rescue operation. They managed to retrieve the children's bodies using a rope tied to a tree after nearly one-and-a-half hours of efforts, he said.

The father of the deceased children is an ice cream vendor, the police said.