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Karnataka political crisis LATEST updates: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has arrived in Delhi from the US, reports said. Kumaraswamy is expected to head to Bengaluru amid a deepening political crisis in the state’s coalition government as the JD(S) will regroup over the issue later on Sunday. Amid a deepening crisis in the coalition government in Karnataka, Congress leader and state minister DK Shivakumar met with JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru. JD(S) leaders HD Revanna, D Kupendra Reddy, HK Kumaraswamy, and DC Thammanna also joined the meeting. The JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka plunged into crisis on Saturday with 13 MLAs of the alliance submitting their resignations to the Speaker. The ruling coalition, which has 118 members, faces the risk of losing majority in the 224-member Assembly if the resignations are accepted. The crisis, which had been brewing ever since the BJP swept the parliamentary polls in the state, deepened as the group of MLAs reached the Speaker’s office to put in their papers and later met Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan. “Fourteen MLAs from Congress and JD(S), including Anand Singh, have submitted resignation from the Assembly to the Speaker,” JD(S) MLA AH Vishwanath said after meeting the Governor. However, Assembly secretariat sources said 13 MLAs have put in their papers, including Singh who submitted his resignation to the Speaker earlier this week. Vishwanath accused the coalition government led by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of failing in its duty and denied that the BJP was behind the revolt. “The government failed to coordinate with the MLAs…and take them along. It has also failed to live up to the expectations of the people,” he said. On the charge that the BJP was trying to poach MLAs to destabilise the government through “Operation Lotus (BJP’s poll symbol)”, he said it is “a figment of your imagination”. “There is no BJP angle to it. We are all seniors. No operation can happen… we are resigning voluntarily against the apathy of the government,” he said.
Karnataka chief minister and JDS chief HK Kumaraswamy confirmed that the MLAs had submitted their resignations to the Speaker and said that the decision will be taken by the Speaker at the appropriate time. He added, “At present the government is safe, it’s safe now. They will come back to us, no one will go.”
The JD(S)-Congress coalition’s total strength, including those who have put in their papers, is 118 (Congress-78, JD(S)-37, BSP-1 and Independents-2), besides the Speaker. The BJP has 105 MLAs in the House. The MLAs who were seen at the Speaker’s office are Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Pratap Gowda Patil (Maski), Shivram Hebbar (Yellapur), Mahesh Kumathalli (Athani), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Byratibasavaraj (K R Puram), ST Soma Shekar (Yashwanthpur) and Ramalinga Reddy (BTM Layout) of the Congress. The JD(S) MLAs are AH Vishwanath (Hunsur), who recently resigned as the party’s state chief, Narayana Gowda (K R Pet), and Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout). Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar, who was not in his office when the legislators went there Saturday, said “whether the government will fall or survive” would be decided “in the Assembly”. The Speaker told reporters, “Eleven of them have submitted resignation letters. I told officials to take the letters and issue acknowledgement…on Tuesday I will go to office and take further action in accordance with rules.” Later, Congress MLA Munirathna (Rajarajeshwari Nagar) put in his papers, the Assembly secretariat sources said. He was also seen with the rebel MLAs outside the Raj Bhavan. To questions on the future of the government, the Speaker said, “Let’s wait and see, I have nothing to do with it… Whether the government will fall or survive, it will be decided in the Assembly…” As a last-ditch bid, Congress’ “troubleshooter” and minister DK Shivakumar met the legislators and tried to convince them. Resort politics returned to haunt the Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka with ten MLAs, who submitted their resignation, leaving for Mumbai on Saturday. These MLAs are likely to stay at a hotel there, sources close to them said. They left by a chartered flight, sources said. BJP MLA C N Ashwath Narayan denied reports that he was coordinating the MLAs travel and stay in Mumbai. “The MLAs have gone on their own. BJP has nothing to do with it,” Ashwath Narayan told PTI. Earlier in January, ahead of a crucial CLP meeting, Congress, fearing poaching by BJP, shifted its MLAs to a resort in the state. The ruling coalition leaders hadexpressed fear that the BJP would try to destabalise the government after the Lok Sabha election results. The Congress and the JD(S) managed to win just one seat each in the state having 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. The BJP bagged 25 seats and an Independent supported by it won from Mandya.
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