The latest attack against allowing the renewed JD(S)-BJP alliance to form a government is that the two parties have bypassed, corrupted and polluted the proper process of electoral politics through horse-trading of MLAs loyal to senior JD(S) leader M P Prakash.
Although the two parties paraded 129 MLAs before Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday to prove their strength to form a government, the key question is whether these parties are able to provide a stable government after the embarrassment of the early October power transfer wrangle.

All about credibility
“Both parties have lost their credibility. It is up to the Governor to recommend to the Centre dissolution of the Assembly,” contend non-JD(S)-BJP leaders.

“It is not important whether the Congress or the Central Government want dissolution of the Assembly.  Legally too, dissolution is the only option as the Governor recommended imposition of President's rule in the State only after ascertaining the inability of the two parties to keep their 20-month-old coalition government alive. How can it be believed now that they will provide stable government. Under these circumstances, it is not possible and that should be enough to recommend dissolution of the Assembly,” say these leaders.

The JD(S) and BJP break-up cost the two parties political power. Later, the two parties lost their moral authority to govern by attacking each other publicly and the JD(S) legislature party permitting Mr Prakash to open dialogue with the Congress to form a government.

Now, constitutionally too the two are not credible partners as stability is key to forming any government.

Letter is irrelevant
JD(S) claim that its national president H D Deve Gowda's October 24 letter to the Governor seeking dissolution of the Assembly has no relevance as its legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy has not made a similar request is also not credible.

If the letter by the national head of the JD(S) is irrelevant, so is the letter of support to BJP signed by JD(S) State President Merajuddin Patel, which was submitted to the Governor. After all, Merajuddin Patel is a Deve Gowda 'appointee' and not elected by the party, notes Congress leader Siddaramaiah.

He also believes that without horse-trading, the JD(S) MLAs who were with Prakash could not have been weaned away by the Kumaraswamy camp.