Karnataka political crisis: Inside scoop

Bengaluru: Even as the Karnataka political crisis plays out in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Mumbai, Times Now has got an exclusive scoop on the demands of the ‘rebel’ Congress MLAs who are planning to defect to the other side.

Times Now has learned that the Congress MLAs, who are on the verge of defecting, have placed a list of demands before the state leadership for staying back in the fold. And topping the list of demands by the Congress legislators are luxury cars.

As per details available with Times Now, the MLAs have asked for high-end cars like Jaguars and Range Rovers that cost anywhere between Rs 2 and 5 crores.

The rebel MLAs have further demanded the posts of political secretaries and corporation chairman.

It has been learned that the Congress-JD(S) combine has given into the demands of the rebels and it is even willing to give them Cabinet ministerial berths to some of them.

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The Congress had earlier slammed the BJP for its "brazen attempt" to destabilise the Karnataka coalition government which it runs in partnership with the Janata Dal (Secular) of HD Kumaraswamy, who is the CM.

On Tuesday, two Independent MLAs pulled out of the ruling alliance even as the Congress and BJP fought over poaching charges.

While the BJP has said that it is camping its Karnataka MLAs at a Haryana resort so as to “thwart any poaching attempt” by the ruling JD(S)-Congress alliance, the government has alleged that the BJP is trying to buy out its legislators.

"The entire confusion has been created by the BJP. Was that really required? They did it brazenly throwing morality and ethics to the wind. It is shameful and disgusting," Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao was stated as saying.