Operation Lotus  

Karnataka Congress MLC and communication head of the Congress, Rizwan Arshad, speaks exclusively to MyNation, elaborating on whether Operation Lotus will put the Karnataka government in jeopardy.

The Karnataka BJP's Operation Lotus is making noise all over India, however one name that is missing during the entire episode is former deputy chief minister R Ashoka. The BJP this time instead has given importance to another Vokkaliga CN Ashwath Narayana. Ashwath Narayana was seen conversing with Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav is very evident that BJP planning to look beyond Ashoka who calls shots in Bengaluru

BJP leader and party spokesperson Vaman Acharya expressed that the saffron party wants to dislodge the current coalition government in Karnataka as it is corrupt. He said BJP has a list of 20 disgruntled MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) and 15 are willing to crossover

Just when two Congress MLAs withdrew their support from the coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara claimed that the coalition government is still stable even after their exit

Hundreds of Congress workers were seen protesting against BJP leader CN Ashwath Narayan in Bengaluru's Malleshwaram

Amidst withdrawal of support, chief minister Kumaraswamy said that he is calm, and he knows his strength. But one of the independents who withdrew support from Karnataka government is sure to join BJP.

With two independent MLAs pulling out of the Karnataka government and showing interest in joining the BJP to install a stable government, the strength of the coalition government has come down to 118 seats in the 224-member Assembly.

The ruling party in Karnataka claims that BJP is indulging in Operation Lotus with at least 13 MLAs, who are touted to be part of resort politics. The joke's on Rahul Gandhi for ridiculing PM Modi getting Philip Kotler award. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds

Two independent MLAs have announced their decision to withdraw support from the current coalition government in Karnataka. Congress and the JD(S) have termed it Operation Lotus. The BJP has distanced itself and has instead blamed the Congress and the JD(S) of poaching.

Few Congress MLAs were spotted in a Mumbai hotel. Karnataka Congress accuses BJP of indulging in Operation Lotus.

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If ‘resort politics’ being enacted from Bengaluru to Mumbai is making the Congress nervous in Karnataka, it is the low margin of victory in Madhya Pradesh and farmer unrest in Rajasthan that is giving Rahul Gandhi’s party sleepless nights. But how genuine is BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’?
 

Karnataka chief minister says it's Operation Lotus, but says he has everything under control. BJP's BS Yeddyurappa hits back.