Informed sources told Deccan Herald that the MLAs are of the opinion that Mr Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister because of their backing and that he should not take any decision, without them arriving at a consensus first.
Mr Kumaraswamy had on Monday stated here that he was committed to transferring power to the BJP as it would otherwise cloud his credibility. The Chief Minister is understood to have told his followers that he was here for a long run as a politician and any decision to break the promise would undermine his reputation.
Meanwhile, Mr Kumaraswamy had a detailed discussion on Tuesday with JD(S) patriarch and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda.  Senior Minister M P Prakash also joined them later.
Mr Gowda, whose statement calling upon party workers to be prepared for midterm elections, has been perceived by many as a dampener on transfer of power. He is of the opinion that such a situation may wean away even that chunk of Muslim voters who are still left with the party.
However, sources close to the CM say the transfer of power would not really lead to the BJP consolidating its position. Nor would it mean that Muslims would go away from the party.
 as in any case not many were really supporting the JD(S) after it allied with the BJP for nearly two years now. This, notwithstanding Merajuddin Patel being made president of the state JD(S).
There was no meeting scheduled between the Chief Minister and his deputy, B S Yediyurappa, though they were together at a function to unveil the statue of Kittur Channamma in the national Capital.
The BJP leader called on party president Rajnath Singh. He was understood to have told Mr Singh that he sees no problems in BJP taking over power from JD(S).
While Mr Yediyurappa told reporters that he would not speak on the transfer of power, he informed Mr Singh that the party’s main aim was to win majority of seats in the coming local body polls in the State. He told the party chief that the BJP won most number of seats from the State in both the last Lok Sabha and assembly elections and the effort now would be to repeat the performance at the local level.
He, however, admitted that the party had performed poorly in the last municipal bodies’ elections. “Our performance was negligible and we were no force at all. However, our effort now would be to win maximum number of seats.”