Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge says there is no threat to the state's ruling coalition
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge addresses the media on the political situation in Karnataka, at AICC headquarters. Pic/PTI
Amid reports of poaching of its MLAs by the BJP, the Congress on Wednesday said there was no threat to the coalition government in Karnataka and that the BJP's attempts to destabilise a "stable coalition" will not succeed.
Addressing a press conference here, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said he has spoken to senior leaders of the party as well as Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and they have assured him that there was no threat to the ruling coalition.
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"The BJP's attempts won't succeed. Our government is strong and it will prevail. There is no threat to the coalition," he said. Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy had also said there was no threat to his government.
Accusing the BJP of misleading the MLAs and the public, Kharge said it was approaching MLAs saying, "We (BJP) have already got your 11 MLAs, you join us and we will have 12".
"There is nothing like that. The BJP is trying to mislead the MLAs through spreading rumours," he said.
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