K Sudhakar and S T Somashekar, both Vokkaligas like D K Shivakumar, blame the former CM for the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in 2019.
The BJP had to bite the dust in Karnataka as the promise of ‘double-engine sarkara' did not take-off. This is because it is a myth and a farce on all three sides governance, constitutional, and political.
The Congress strategy in Karnataka was evident from the beginning, ensuring that this election centred around state issues, countering the might of the BJP’s election machine.