Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Jan 15: A day after water resources minister D K Shivakumar set political circles abuzz with his statement that three Congress MLAs were in Mumbai, hinting that they were involved in the game of toppling the coalition government, the Congress strongman has taken up the responsibility of saving the state government again. As per sources, he is taking a stopover in Mumbai on his way to Aurangabad to attend a two-day international conference on micro-irrigation. Analysts believe that this will give him enough time to convince the three ‘missing’ MLAs not to leave the party.

Sources close to Shivakumar said that he is going to Mumbai a day in advance, that too by catching an early morning flight, mainly to bring the three disgruntled MLAs back to the party fold. Shivakumar is known in party circles to carry out such tasks with perfection.

Shivakumar in his statement on Sunday had obliquely referred to the efforts being made by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress Legislature Party leader, Siddaramaiah and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao to resolve the current crisis. He had added that he would like to get involved in this and would like to do his bit to save the coalition government and the party.

Meanwhile Kumaraswamy said that he is in touch with three Congress MLAs who are in Mumbai.