BJP Bares JD(S) Support, Elects Horatti as Karnataka LC Chairman

In the state’s political circles, the development has revealed what seems to be BJP’s covert alliance with JD(S).

On Tuesday, 9 February, the Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Basavaraj Horatti was elected chairman of Karnataka’s Legislative Council. In the state’s political circles, the development has revealed what seems to be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s covert alliance with the JD(S), which has been a Congress ally in the Legislative Assembly.

Horatti’s election to the chair has come as a result of a culmination of events, which unfolded in the joint session of the Karnataka Assembly that began on 29 January. On that day, the BJP’s MLC MK Prakash was unanimously elected as the deputy chairman of the Karnataka Council. The post was vacant after MLC Dharme Gowda’s alleged suicide in 2020.