Indicating that the stability of the ruling coalition in Karnataka depended on the stand taken by disgruntled Congress legislators, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa said Monday there will be "political ups and downs" after the general election results are declared on May 23.
He ruled out any possibility of his party's alliance with the JD(S), if such a situation were to arise. The former chief minister, however, said that those in BJP were not "political sanyasis."
As JD(S) refused to transfer power to Yeddyurappa after 20 months, the BJP in October 2007 decided to withdraw support to the Kumaraswamy government, ending an uneasy and often bitter relationship, accusing the regional party of "betrayal."
To a question about BJP being held responsible for differences between the coalition partners, Yeddyurappa said, "Are we political sanyasis? Should we go and unite them?"
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