 "H D Kumaraswamy")
The BJP’s “Operation Lotus”, which is about enticing MLAs to desert the ruling alliance, has had its knock-on effect. It has succeeded in souring the relations between the partners of the ruling coalition — the Janata Dal (S) and the Congress — and this became evident when a visibly upset chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy, threatened to resign, alleging that the grand old party was not doing enough to stop its legislators from “crossing the alliance line”.
Even H D Deve Gowda, the chief minister’s father, says he cannot keep quiet anymore.
A few Congress MLAs went public, saying the chief minister
