The current public mood is that it will be a hung assembly. No one, not even in the BJP, is talking about even a simple majority for the party.
'Where in parliamentary democracies around the world do political parties drag Supreme Court judges in the middle marches of the night to decide who will rule?' asks Sunil Sethi.
Yeddyurappa would take the oath alone as the chief minister and once the majority is proved on the floor of the assembly, cabinet members would be inducted.
Leaders from the Opposition celebrated after the BJP strong man resigned on the floor of the assembly.
'And the same trust was evident in the Karnataka election.'
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