Karnataka govt an unsteady ship? Kumaraswamy says he is at Congress' mercy

Amid concerns regarding their alliance, JD(S) and Congress leaders are also worried that the saffron party may use Machiavellian tactics to break their coalition and topple the government

In what might make the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka look like an unequal alliance and raise doubts about its future, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said that the 65 million people of the state hadn't elected him as their leader. Instead, he said that he is indebted to the Congress for bestowing the chief ministerial post on him, and to that effect, he is at the mercy of the grand old party.    

The Karnataka election hadn't thrown up any clear winners. After loads of drama, the edge-of-the-seat thriller ended with the Janata Dal (Secular) and the