I wonder what the Dad-son duo of Deve Gowda and Krishnaswamy are croaking about vis-à-vis the local election results being a mandate for them to continue with the Chief Ministership disregarding the power-sharing agreement entered into with BJP 20 months ago. While the JDS got 1499 seats (an increase of 360% over their previous 415 seats), the BJP got a no-less-impressive 1170 seats (an increase of 330% over their previous 351 seats). Moreover the Congress, getting 1581 seats (suffering a 30% decrease compared to their previous tally of 2232 seats) is still the largest single party. By JDU logic, the mandate actually went in favour of Congress! Would the JDU therefore hand-over the Chief Ministership to the Congress?
The fact of the matter is that Kumaraswamy is suffering from a bout of fevicol-ingitis, which makes it difficult for him to vacate his seat of power, stuck to it as he is. Here’s wishing him recovery without having to undergo operation removal in the election theatre.
