Hyderabad, June 30 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader N Ramchander Rao claimed that the internal bickering between the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for the Chief Minister's chair has increased and as a result the law and order situation had worsened in the state.

Speaking to ANI, Ramchander Rao said, "Karnataka state is facing a Bengal-type situation wherein the appeasement policy has gone into a spree. Now, the internal bickering between the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM for the CM's chair has sharpened, and therefore, the government has lost control over the law and order situation. One section of the MLAs is defying the present CM, and they want DK Shivakumar to become t...