Ally trouble continues to dog BJP

According to an agreement reached between the BJP and the JDS, the first 20 months of the term a JDS man would be at the helm of affairs and the next 20 months a BJP man. But JDS Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is non-committal on power transfer and said it will be decided by his father H D Deve Gowda, while the Congress is weighing the option of offering support to him to continue as Chief Minister of the state.

In Maharashtra, on the other hand, the relations between the BJP and the Shiv Sena is yet to thaw. The party admitted on Friday that the Sena had not spelt out its stand on the NDA vice-presidential nominee Najma Heptullah. The same is true about the Trinamool Congress as well, which chose to abstain during the presidential elections. Speaking on the issue, Rajnath Singh said: 8220;They Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress have not conveyed their decision to us so far.8221;