Bengaluru, April 16 -- Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Wednesday suspended MLC K Abdul Jabbar from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect for "anti-party activities" in the run-up to Davanagere South Assembly constituency bypoll. On Sunday, Shivakumar accepted Jabbar's resignation as the party's Minority Department Chairman and dissolved the committees constituted under him. This followed accusations from a group of Muslim leaders who accused members of their own party of "conspiracy" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South. "Sri Abdul Jabbar, Member of Legislative Council, is hereby suspended from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party (INC) with immediate effect, in view of his anti-party activities in the recent by-election to the Davanagere South Assembly Constituency," Shivakumar said in a release. Jabbar, an MLC, aspired for the Congress ticket from the Davanagere South Assembly segment, but the ticket went to Samarth Mallikarjun, grandson of the late MLA and veteran party leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Shivashankarappa's death necessitated the by-election on April 9....