The chinks in the BJP’s armour have been exposed again with its MLA S.T. Somashekhar indulging in cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls and another MLA Shivaram Hebbar abstaining from voting in a battle that had turned risky due to the aggressive approach of fielding an additional candidate from the BJP-JD(S) alliance.
This gains significance just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, even though the parameters for the general elections are different. It also comes even as the party state unit is trying to strengthen itself after an organisational rejig with the appointment of new State president and a new team of office-bearers.
