Such is the aura of invincibility that accompanies the politics of the ruling BJP that few believed last weekend that the combined might of PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah would not secure a win for BJP in the Karnataka assembly floor test. That the BJP’s mascot BS Yeddyurappa was forced to bid a tearful farewell without even facing a vote in the Vidhan Soudha came as quite a surprise.
However the biggest bombshell from Karnataka came earlier from governor Vajubhai Vala who gave an outrageous 15 days to Yeddyurappa to form the government, virtually holding out an open invitation to unconstitutional means to secure a majority.
Attempting to extract a majority by foul means if need be, was hailed Read More
