Karnataka’s HD Kumaraswamy government appeared to hurtle into a crisis on Monday when two Congress legislators Anand Singh and Ramesh Jarkiholi sent across their resignation from the state assembly. Also Read: Congress MLA Anand Singh resigns from Karnataka Assembly, shocks party“I know for certain that there are 20 dissidents in the coalition. Siddaramaiah, the Congress Legislature Party chief, has summoned a meeting of party legislators at his Bengaluru house for a headcount, according to news agency ANI. The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance government in the state has faced a turbulent time since it came to power in the state on May 23, 2018, after the state assembly elections. But the alliance between Mayawati’s BSP and Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party too unravelled after its humiliating defeat in the national elections.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2019 12:50 UTC