Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Karnataka seem frustrated at the stagnation within the party, reflected in the delay in choosing the party chief and the legislature party leader, the likely alliance with H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal (Secular) has set the cat among the pigeons.
It has disrupted the caste calculations that were hitherto driving the lobbying for these posts. It has also brought the party back to the drawing board and could possibly delay appointments to the posts till the party high command decides on the potential alliance with the JD(S).
