Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Jul 21: The coalition government of the state, which is making a herculean task to save the government in the trust vote that is slated for Monday, is failing to convince the rebel MLAs. In the background of this development, chief minister (CM) H D Kumaraswamy is likely to use the last weapon in his armory to save the coalition government at any cost. 

Kumaraswamy has come to know that it will be impossible to prove the majority of the government on the floor of the Assembly on Monday. More than 17 MLAs of the government are not in the city. Some sources say the CM has said that the position of chief minister will be given to a Congress leader in order to woo the rebels. 

After the 2018 election results, when Congress and JD(S) formed a coalition government, the Congress leaders had said that "Ours is not a 20:20 government. There will be only one chief minister throughout the five-year term.” However, now, as the number of disgruntled MLAs in the Congress party is increasing, Kumaraswamy has decided to offer the CM post to the Congress party. 

Responding to the query by the media, CM H D Kumaraswamy said, "All our efforts are over. It is not possible for us to convince the rebel MLAs. You convince your own MLAs, you take the position of CM and save the government. The coalition government should survive, even at the cost of sacrificing the CM's position. Let Parameshwara, Siddaramaiah, Kharge, D K Shivakumar or anyone else from the Congress party become the chief minister. We will support them from outside. Even the JD (S) supremo H D Devegowda has given his consent to this decision."