BENGALURU: Former chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka State President BS Yeddyurappa asked all BJP MLAs camping in Gurugram to return to Karnataka, on Saturday.

Since Monday, The Karnataka BJP MLAs were staying at a seven-star hotel in Gurugram to avoid being "poached" by the ruling Congress-JDS alliance. However, The BJP claimed that the MLAs were in Gurugram to finalise strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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On Tuesday, Yeddyurappa had accused Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of indulging in horse-trading by offering ministerial posts and money to BJP MLAs. He states that "We are not indulging in any poaching. It is Chief Minister Kumaraswamy who is indulging in horse-trading. He himself is offering money and ministerial posts to our MLAs,"

Things took a new turn on Tuesday after two independent MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly - R Shankar and H Nagesh - withdrew their support from the coalition government. In the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, BJP is the single largest party with 104 MLAs, JD(S) has 37 MLAs and the Congress 80. The majority figure is 113 MLAs.

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