As Karnataka gears up for the Assembly polls, speculation about former Congress leader S M Krishna returning to the party has set the rumour mills abuzz in the state.
A former chief minister and external affairs minister, Krishna had surprised many by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year ago, labelling the Congress a party in rapid decline and alleging that Rahul Gandhi had no respect for senior leaders like him. Krishna, who had won his first Assembly election in 1962 on a Praja Socialist Party ticket from Maddur, Karnataka, joined the Congress in the 1970s. Krishna has been conspicuous
