Karnataka Minister alleges poaching of Congress MLAs by BJP

Bengaluru | Monday | 14th January, 2019

Summary:

In the 225-member Karnataka Assembly, the Congress has 80 MLAs including the Speaker, the JD-S 37 and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 104. We (Congress) are aware of the horse trading that is being attempted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Shivakumar on Monday alleged that the BJP was trying to poach the state’s Congress legislators. “Daily activity of Kumaraswamy government…Cry Operation Kamala (referring to alleged poaching by the BJP), hide failure to run government by blaming BJP. Fight among themselves for power…,” the party’s state unit tweeted on the issue..