Three months on, 'Opposition' eludes Karnataka: Why BJP can't pick leader

At least one of the issues - who should be Leader of the Opposition - was on the agenda when Basava Raj Bommai met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi last week

“The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has forgotten how to be the Opposition,” said a supporter gloomily, as the Budget session of the Karnataka Assembly ended on July 21 with only an interim leader of the Opposition in place (the party could not decide who it should be); a colourless defence of itself in the Assembly as the Congress government reversed decision after decision taken by the previous regime; and speeches that lacked punch. “If anything, H D Kumaraswamy attacked the government more effectively than the BJP,” the supporter added.

At least one of the issues — who should be Leader of