The daily drama of Karnataka politics is unfolding like a particularly sordid morality play exposing India’s broken party system. MLAs switching sides, some being transported by private jet to 5 Star resorts, rumours of vast amounts of money changing hands: citizens watch helplessly as their elected representatives act out outlandish scenes of brazen fickleness.
The Congress-JD(S) government led by HD Kumaraswamy is teetering on the brink. Its own MLAs appear to be voting against it, they are voting with their feet and hot footing it to the BJP.
The 13 MLAs who have so far resigned, many of them veterans like Ramalinga Reddy of the Congress who is a 7 time MLA, clearly do not think their constituencies will in any way Read More
