Coalition Crisis  

Former AICC president Sonia Gandhi met Sowmya Reddy, the Congress MLA from Bengaluru’s Jayanagar constituency and advised her not to leave the party. She is also reported to have asked her to persuade her father Ramalinga Reddy to stick on with the Congress.

Day by day, the political imbroglio in Karnataka is getting worse. While BS Yeddyurappa is mulling ways to form government, a reverse operation is being planned to give BJP some sleepless nights.

 

While the coalition members (Congress and JDS) in Karnataka pointed fingers at the BJP for inducing fissures into the coalition, senior BJP leader and former CM Jagadish Shettar has laughed it off, saying it is their inc

Taking note of the political impasse in the state, BJP MLA from Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Arvind Limbavali has sought Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s resignation

The crisis in Karnataka is getting interesting as the talks between chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy has yielded results. JDS national spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed said, knowing the importance of Reddy, the CM convinced him to take back his resignation
 

Expressing displeasure of journos accompanying him wherever he goes, Ramesh Kumar, the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly has hit out at scribes

It is due to caste and money politics that the Karnataka government is facing such crisis, Ananth Kumar Hegde, the BJP MP from Uttara Kannada, said

Amidst the Karnataka coalition crisis, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and KC Venugopal have requested the rebel MLAs to return and promised them of ministries. The leaders announced that the Cabinet would be reshuffled soon

The private chopper, in which Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy travelled back to Bengaluru from New Delhi, allegedly belongs to Jindal Steel. It is said the company Monnet which owns the aircraft is allegedly owned by Jindal Steel. The Kumaraswamy government, a few months ago, gave land for Jindal Steel at throwaway prices. So is there an aspect of quid pro quo?

Turmoil continues to haunt the Congress and the JD(S), the coalition partners in Karnataka, with a dozen of their MLAs submitting their resignations on Saturday. It looks like the coalition government could collapse at any moment. Here is a meme by MyNation that attempts to depict the current political situation
 

From holding meetings to convincing rebel MLAs to withdraw resignations and possibilities of reverse operation, here are latest details on developments in Karnataka post resignation of MLAs.

Despondency crept into the coalition ranks as chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked former chief minister Siddaramaiah to bring back his shishyas (disciples) who are camping at a resort in Mumbai.

Karnataka chief minister Kumarasamy, with an obvious bid to placate a seething Ramesh Jarkiholi, has offered him a ministry.  But sources add that Ramesh is unwilling to meet him