All the 21 Congress Ministers put in resignations from the Kumaraswamy Cabinet today. This is as part of the latest strategy by the Congress leaders to give these ministries to the 13 dissident MLAs who resigned from their membership. The Congress has already announced that it would go to any lengths to save the JDS-Congress coalition. However, the BJP has demanded that Kumaraswamy resign immediately because of lack of majority in the House.
Karnataka power politics is taking many twists and turns every hour. Congress is coming out with equally powerful strategies to hit back at the BJP. Some dissident MLAs are right now relaxing in corporate hotels in Mumbai. Congress is reaching out to them offering ministries. They are being offered the same ministries being offered by the BJP.
Independent MLA Nagesh earlier resigned from the Cabinet. He met the Governor and told him that he was ready to support the BJP if the party comes forward to form the government. The BJP is still short of the numbers. Every time the BJP leaders come closer to their goal, Congress is creating hurdles by preventing the existing MLAs from taking any extreme step. Analysts say that the two camps are equally smart. The game will have a nail-biting finish.