Tables turned in Karnataka: Kumaraswamy gets a pat from southern neighbours

Earlier, there was a plan to take its legislators to Kerala as it governed by a non-BJP party. But the Air Traffic Control (ATC) in Bengaluru put a spanner on that plan

It was a red-letter day for the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular), which saw a crucial partnership between DK Shivakumar and HD Kumaraswamy. 

More so because two neighbouring Chief Ministers – N Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and K Chandrashekar Rao of Telangana – provided moral support to the Karnataka alliance.  

The Congress also made a list of its legislators who were likely to be approached by the rival side. In order to prevent this, it asked all of them to install an app to record phone conversations. 

These were eventually leaked to the media and helped the Congress build its case