The coalition government in Karnataka is on a roller-coaster ride: from the brink of a collapse soon after the Lok Sabha elections and a patchy relief thereafter to a crisis again, with Congress leaders inimical to the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah grouping together with senior legislator R. Roshan Baig soon after he was suspended from the party.
It was only a few days ago that the coalition government had some reprieve after two Independents R. Shankar and H. Nagesh were inducted into the Ministry by virtue of which they cannot be poached by the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose State leadership is more than keen on forming a government in the State. The two Independents were available provided their demands were met and the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) stepped in to accommodate them in the government in preference to party seniors who have expressed their dissent over the manner in which their claims for ministership have been ignored.