Kumaraswamy, whose party formed an alliance with the Congress to contest the coming Legislative Council poll in Karnataka, was learnt to have received a message of “wait and watch” till the crisis in Andhra Pradesh was over.

“As the party high command is occupied with Andhra developments, it will take a call from the Janata Dal(S) only after December 21, after the completion of the session,” a senior leader said.

It was learnt that though Kumaraswamy had sought the appointment with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the latter’s office informed him to wait till next week.