India, July 26 -- Many tears will not be shed over fall of the Karnataka Government headed by H D Kumaraswamy. Right from the beginning, the coalition arrangement between the JD(S) and the Congress was on shaky ground. Congress which had 65 seats in the House of 225 supported Kumaraswamy whose party the JD(S) had won only 34 seats. The coalition managed to form the government with the support of some independents and the lone member of the BSP. The move was to stop BJP from forming a government which had won 105, the single largest party in the state assembly.
The natural course of action on part of the Opposition parties in Karnataka should have been to let Congress head the government. However, overambitious Kumaraswamy supported by his ...