Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Even though BJP leaders have been claiming that they are not into horse trading, some of them, it is said, are continuing with their efforts to reduce the coalition government into minority, with the slender hope of wresting power from the coalition government. Even as Congress also resorted to resort politics, BJP leaders, as per information, have given a fillip to their efforts to erode the combined strength of JD(S) and Congress in the assembly.

BJP legislators holed up in a resort at Gurugram near Delhi are moving to the city on Saturday January 19. It is said that state BJP president, B S Yeddyurappa, told the legislators on Friday midnight to shift to Bengaluru. It is said that once the flock of MLAs reach here, BJP may convene legislature party meeting where certain decisions are expected to be taken. Something seems to be brewing in the minds of the BJP leaders going by their sudden reversal of the decision to keep their MLAs at Gurugram for some more days, and asking them to rush back to the city.

Yeddyurappa

Yeddyurappa, who was expected to be in Siddaganga Math to monitor the health condition of its chief, Shivakumar Swamiji, instead stayed put in the city on Friday and got busy with   discussions with top leadership of his party.

While chairman of the coordination committee of the coalition government, Siddaramaiah, has said that four absentee MLAs, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Nagendra, Umesh Jadhav and Mahesh Kamatalli would be served with show cause notices, there is information that these four might reach here on Saturday and tender their resignation letters to the assembly speaker, Ramesh Kumar. There is also curiosity about the BJP's claim that 11 disgruntled Congress legislators are in touch with it. Hectic parleys and hurling of accusations at each other by the two parties involved therefore may continue for the time being, political circles feel.