Congress accords unconditional support to JD (S). Kumaraswamy may be the new CM

The political situation in Karnataka has taken a very interesting turn as the Congress party which has secured 78 seats has unconditonally extended its support to the Janata Dal ( Secular) having won in merely 38 seats.

The Bhartiya Janata Party having confined itself to 104 however, despite being the single largest party, could not reach or cross the 112 half mark to form the government. Two seats have gone to others. There is no possibility of BJP forming the government even if they muster the support of two MLAs in the quota of others.

The JD ( S) leader HD Kumarswamy, former CM has met the governor with the Congress leaders putting his claim forth to form the government alongwith the support of the Congress party. The combined strength of both Congress and Janata Dal ( Secular) comes to 116 quite ahead of 112 half mark required to form the government.

The BJP which was all set to form the government in Karnataka till afternoon when its leading tally was showing 122 seats came down crumbling, as its tally reduced to 104, thus changing the entire scene by the evening.

The BJP has convened its emergency parliamentary Board Meeting at 7.00 PM to be chaired by the prime minister Narendra Modi to discuss the possibility of government formation in the southern state which dramatically shifted to the party with the lowest tally, Janata Dal (S) led by the former prime minister HD Devegowda.

The sources in the Congress party and the JD (S) revealed that both the parties have principally agreed to form the government and there is every possibility of HD Kumaraswamy being sworn in as the new Karnataka CM reminding of his father’s elevation as PM woth merely 40 MPs having been supported by the entire non BJP opposition to keep the BJP at bay. The talks on political sharing of ministerial berths and decison on CM etc will be discussed later on reveal sources.

The Congress Party’s compulsion to support the JD ( S) is in tunewith the prevailing political situation in order to keep the BJP out of ower by all means, even if it means making Kumarswamy the chief minister of Karnataka. That’s the reason the Congress high command has extended its unconditional support to the JD (S) with merely 38 MLAs.

The ball is now in the court of the governor who was earlier the speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. It remains to be seen as to how impartially and judiciously the governor acts to install a constitutionally valid government with the required majority.

It may be recalled that in the past the Congress Party has suffered a huge setback in Goa and a north eastern state where despite being in majority, the BJP allegedly manipulated.the situation and engineered defections to form its governments. The Congress there does not want to repeat that blunder of going slow on government formation even if it means giving the CM’s chair to Kumaraswamy.

One more thing, it has been rightly said that in politics, for power’s sake even the hardest of enemies’ become close friends and this has happened in Karnataka.

Kumaraswamy and Sidharamaiha of Congress who could not see each other eye to eye as the latter removed the picture of Kumaraswamy’s father and former PM HD Devegowda from the CM Secretariat when Sidharamaiha became the chief minister of Karnataka.

Today he extended the unconditional support to his bete noire to form the government. That’s why it is and rightly usually said that there are no permanent friends and foes in politics.