Four Karnataka Congress MLAs did not turn up for the meeting of the Legislature Party here on Friday which was convened to assess whether its flock was intact amid speculation of defections.The Congress, which shares power with JD(S), has 80 MLAs in the 224-member Assembly, including the Speaker.Accordingly, 79 MLAs were expected to attend the CLP meeting but only 76 turned up for the meeting held under the supervision of central leaders K C Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge.Those absent were Nagendra B, Ramesh Jarakiholi, Umesh Jadhav and Mahesh Kumtalli, the party sources said.Ahead of the meeting, the Congress MLAs were warned that those abstaining will be expelled from the party under anti-defection law.The Congress had said it has called the meeting of its legislators to take stock of the prevailing political situation."If somebody doesn't attend this (CLP) meeting, action will be taken against them under the anti-defection law. Also, it will be assumed that the member himself has
