Nataka in Karnataka: Is BJP desperate to split JDS-Congress before Lok Sabha elections?

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said there was no question of "instability" in the Congress-JD(S) dispensation as he sought to downplay reports about the BJP allegedly attempting 'Operation Lotus' to topple his government.

He, however, reiterated his allegation that the BJP was trying to lure MLAs of the ruling combine even as he expressed confidence that none of them would switch sides.

Meanwhile, BS Yeddyurappa denied that the BJP was trying to topple the coalition government in Karnataka, and accused the JD(S) of trying to poach two to three BJP MLAs.