Congress faces setback in Karnataka Council

JD(S) helps BJP retain chairman post

Karnataka got a taste of what could emerge in a three-way fight in the next year's assembly elections.

If either the ruling Congress or Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party fail to get a majority, the Janata Dal (Secular), the party led by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, would decide the fate of who forms the next government.

Gowda's son H D Kumaraswamy, who is the JD (S) state President, could emerge as a kingmaker.

On Thursday, the Congress received a setback in the Legislative Council after its move to oust the council chairman D H Shankara Murthy, who belongs