Bangalore: Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday warned that all Congress legislators might resign in a lump to bring about Governor’s rule, if BJP did not stop luring opposition MLAs under ‘Operations Lotus’ of  party – hopping. He had enough evidence against Power Minister Shobha Karandlaje and other BJP leaders contacting Congress MLAs with bribes to resign to their elected positions to weaken opposition parties. Even BJP had internal dissensions on Operation Lotus, he added.
A legislature meeting of Congress to discuss all matters threadbare is due today, Monday, in Bangalore.
BJP’s Lingsugur MLA Manappa Vijjal is facing party’s whip’s disciplinary action for being a cat on a hot tin roof during confidence motion voting process.
Both Kumaraswamy and father Deve Gowda of JD(S) are under fire for destabilizing the state government by keeping 11 BJP MLAs in resorts outside the state, in a state of captivity. Devegowda has been called the father of destabilization process in state, while Kumaraswamy has been accused of offering positions and bribes to BJP dissident MLAs.
At any rate, this horse trading market is getting too hot for local (state) MLAs hopping from party to party. Centre is getting ready to impose Governor’s rule if decency does not prevail in BJP and its old mate, JD(S) in the canine rivalry, high level sources indicated.