Since President’s rule was imposed in Karnataka following the fall of the eight-day-old BJP Government on November 8, the Congress has been in disarray, with confusion over who would lead the party.
While the BJP lost no time kicking off campaign tours across the state, projecting itself as a betrayed party and announcing sops for the rural sector like free power for farmers, the Congress was a picture of indecisiveness.
Even the JD(S) is preparing for elections, despite former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy being laid up following a heart surgery.
National president and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda is personally assessing the party’s grassroots position.