Bengaluru: High drama prevailed at an apartment here as Congress and BJP workers rushed there following reports about the alleged presence of two independent MLAs who withdrew support to the coalition government and aligned with the BJP.

Amid the political turmoil, police imposed prohibitory orders in the city under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) (prevents assembly of five or more people at one spot) and banned the sale of liquor from 6 pm Tuesday to 6 am on Thursday.