The political war in Karnataka escalated Friday with JDS asking the Assembly Speaker to stop alleged horse trading by the BJP, which also moved the Governor seeking action against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for asking people to wage a "war" against the saffron party.
The BJP also filed a complaint with the state DGP seeking action on the ground of sedition against Kumaraswamy, a day after he asked the people to "rise in revolt" against the saffron party and warned it to be restrained while talking about the Deve Gowda family, including the chief minister.
As both parties continued to trade charges, JD(S) petitioned speaker Ramesh Kumar, alleging that BJP had approached many of its MLAs and of its ruling coalition ally Congress.
In a letter to Speaker Ramesh Kumar, ruling JD(S) spokesperson Ramesh Babu said attempts to 'buy' democratically elected MLAs and forcing them to resign their position was a "highly deplorable act."
Holding placards and raising slogans against former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and his sons, including Kumaraswamy, the BJP staged a protest near the Mysore Bank Circle, the nerve centre of the city, terming the chief minister's remark as a "call for anarchy."
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