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BENGALURU: The city’s political circles are agog with speculation that moves are afoot to bring down H D Kumaraswamy ’s four-week-old government before the presentation of the state budget on July 5. Lending credence to this theory is a set of fast-moving developments that presents a larger picture of the coalition government in trouble. The dissidence in Congress is showing no signs of abating.

The grapevine has it that disgruntled Congressmen are looking to join hands with BJP to bring down the government. Former CM Siddaramaiah , who heads the JD(S)-Congress coordination committee, is at a naturopathy retreat in the coastal town of Dharmasthala. Though he had said he was taking a total break and would not even take phone calls during this retreat, he has been continually holding parleys with confidants like S T Somashekar, Byrathi Suresh and N Muniratna.

Meanwhile, BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa left for Ahmedabad to meet party chief Amit Shah.

On Monday, Yeddyurappa slipped away quietly to the airport, presumably to nip suspicions about about his movements and whereabouts at a time of churn in the state capital. Accompanying him was Basavaraj Bommai , a Lingayat leader, senior party MLA and son of former CM S R Bommai. After keeping a low profile for over a month, Yeddyurappa’s sudden trip to Ahmedabad sparked speculation in Bengaluru that he was “confident’’ of forming the government and was seeking Shah’s permission to go ahead.

BJP sources said Shah had asked Yeddyurappa not to be hasty. Officially, Yeddyurappa and Bommai are in Ahmedabad to hold talks with Shah on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and invite him for the state BJP executive committee meeting scheduled for June 29.

Besides, Kumaraswamy on Monday changed his tune to say he’s not at the mercy of anybody, including Congress. “You (Congress) have not given me this seat in alms. You better mind it. I don’t care how long I will continue in office,” he said at a meeting of heads of cooperative banks to discuss loan waiver to farmers.

BJP sources said the timing of Yeddyurappa’s visit has to be seen from the angle that the Karnataka legislature session starts from July 2 and the party can move a no-confidence motion against the Kumaraswamy government. The CM will present the budget on July 5.

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