Sonia Gandhi sends emissaries to deal with Karnataka |
As the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in Karnataka plunged into more trouble, the Congress on Tuesday rushed senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal to Bengaluru to sort out the differences. According to sources, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asked the leaders to mitigate the crisis in the southern state and save the government. Azad, who was one of the architects of the coalition arrangement following a fractured mandate in May 2018, is scheduled to meet JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, to end the four-day-long impasse on the eve of the legislature session that commences on July 12. Kapil Sibal is expected to use his expertise on Constitutional matters to deal with issues of disqualification of the rebels. The crisis in Karnataka deepened Tuesday as another Congress MLA quit and the party sought the Assembly Speaker`s intervention in disqualifying its rebel legislators. BJP on its part has been waiting for the drama to unfold further before taking any action. As soon as the coalition government`s numbers go below the majority mark, the BJP led by B.S. Yeddyurappa will stake claim to form the government.
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