Bangalore: After Karnataka's outgoing Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy took over, he came to the lights for the statement he made during the assembly elections. Kumaraswamy had said during the time, "I will become a king, not a kingmaker." But like his previous shift, his tenure as chief minister was short-lived and the 13-month-old coalition government finally collapsed. Kumaraswamy failed to win a confidence vote on Tuesday.
The future of his coalition government was evident only when a total of 16 MLAs, including 13 Congress MLAs and three JD(S) MLAs, resigned and two independent MLAs-R Shankar and H Nagesh withdrew their support. Ramalinga Reddy, a Congress MLA, later withdrew from his decision to resign and said he would support the government but all remained idle. Kumaraswamy's second tenure as chief minister was difficult. The repeated dissatisfaction in the alliance has put the Government under constant threat.
On the adverse circumstances that have arisen in the Congress-JD(S) alliance, Kumaraswamy had even said that he was not happy to be in the top post and was suffering like 'Venakhyath' (God Shiva). Kumaraswamy, who lost his chief ministership today, became the chief minister of Karnataka for the first time. Kumaraswamy grew up in a political climate. He entered politics by winning the Kanakpura Lok Sabha seat in 1996.
Later, he lost both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. In 2004, he reached the Assembly for the first time. After a hung assembly, the Janata Dal(S) joined the coalition government with the Congress. In 2006, Kumaraswamy revolted and walked out of the alliance with 42 MLAs, contrary to the wishes of his father and former Prime Minister H.D. He formed a government with the BJP and became the chief minister during his first term as an MLA. He was the chief minister for 20 months under the provision of the chief ministership. But when the BJP's turn for the chief ministership came, Kumaraswamy retreated and the B.S. Yeddyurappa government collapsed within seven days.
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