The episode of speculation about the possibility of a few BJP legislators returning to the Congress triggered a war of words between the leaders of the two parties on Friday even as a BJP MLA, who is speculated as getting ready to join the Congress, turned up at the BJP State office and claimed that he did not have plans to change political loyalty.
Taking serious exception to the reported moves to woo party MLAs by the Congress, BJP leader C.T. Ravi questioned the need for it as the Congress has full majority and warned that the BJP will not keep quiet if its MLAs are wooed by the Congress.
In an obvious reference to four Ministers writing to the party high command against recommendation to nominate a former Enforcement Directorate official to the Legislative Council, he said such an episode was a clear indication that everything was not alright in the government. Alleging that the ruling Congress was not in a position to keep its senior MLAs together, he said the party government should focus on good administration rather than inducing political desertions.
