Kumaraswamy said BJP central leaders conspired to block the power transfer to show him up as an anti-Lingayat. He claimed that Yashwant Sinha did not discuss the power transfer issue with his father, but sought JD(S) support for the NDA and L K Advani’s candidature for PM.
Incidentally, when the power transfer issue was raging, sources had said that Gowda had made the offer to support the NDA in case of a general election in return for Kumaraswamy’s continuance as Chief Minister.