BENGALURU: The Congress leadership might be thrilled with the manner in which the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ has floundered, but sources said all is not well as the crisis was triggered by seniors in the party. Sources said credit for defusing the crisis should go to chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, who stepped in and monitored the situation on a case-to-case basis.“As this coalition government is the creation of AICC president Rahul Gandhi , the CM was in touch with Congress leaders in New Delhi and party MLAs being tapped by the BJP,” a source said. “This is why he was unperturbed about the situation.”Sources said one big reason for the three-day crisis is the power tussle between Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah and water resources minister D K Shivakumar, who is acknowledged as the best troubleshooter in the party. Plum posts in the cabinet and boards and corporations going to their acolytes is said to have fanned discontent which the BJP tried to exploit.“The BJP was not the original instigator of the crisis,” a minister said. “It only saw an opportunity and responded to the situation. The BJP had shelved ‘Operation Lotus’ after its debacle in the five assembly elections recently,” he added.Deputy CM G Parameshwara admitted the Congress is to be blamed for the crisis, saying: “I don't deny it. Naturally some people who intend to join the cabinet or become ministers express their feelings in different ways whenever there is an (cabinet) expansion or an issue of ministry. But after some time, this feeling subsides and they realise that not all can become ministers. We also try to accommodate them in as many ways as possible.”Parameshwara also justified Kumaraswamy acting as the mediator on behalf of the Congress: “He is the chief minister of the state and not of any party,” he said. “Of course he was in touch with the legislators and spoke to them.”Kumaraswamy is said to have tasked Congress leaders MB Patil and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, both ministers in his cabinet, with ensuring that disgruntled MLAs returned to the fold.