By Odisha Today Bureau

Two Independent MLAs — H Nagesh and R Shankar — have announced that they are withdrawing their support to the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka.

Independent MLA, R Shankar today stated, “Today is Makar Sankranti, on this day we want a change in the government. The government should be efficient, so I am withdrawing my support (to the Karnataka government) today.”

Two Independent MLAs — H Nagesh and R Shankar — have announced that they are withdrawing their support to the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka.

Post the Karnataka election Shankar had kept everyone guessing, but finally came to the fold of the alliance and supported the JD(S)-Congress government. However it is interesting to note that while only less than 100 days remain for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country there is a new power struggle that has already begun threatening the present govt’s stability.

Since the days the govt took office there has been quite a buzz that some Congress MLAs want to switch side and they may topple the govt. With regard to portfolio distribution there has been quite a murmur among the MLAs and there are reports that some senior MLAs are not very happy with the way they have been treated. Only on last Sunday, Karnataka Deputy CM G. Parameshwara stated that the Congress MLAs have no plans to join the saffron party and that all is well within the party. The minister’s statement came amid the rumour that the BJP was making efforts to topple the government in the state. The BJP too hoarded all its MLAs to a Gurugram resort, and alleged that the Congress-JD(S) government was trying to poach its MLAs.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy too on Monday rubbished reports of three Congress MLAs staying in a hotel in Mumbai in the “company of some BJP leaders” and had assured that his government was not under threat from the BJP.

But it seems that the political scenario in Karnataka is changing very fast now.