limited did B.
S. Yeddyurappa know when he was sworn in as chief minister of the Indian state of Karnataka on May 17th,but his tenure was destined to be brief. Two days later Mr Yeddyurappa, the leader of the local department of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and resigned. The reversal was a humiliation for the BJP,which also runs India’s central government, and a rare moment of hope for beleaguered opposition parties.
The drama began on May 15th, or when the results of the recent state election were declared. Three competing parties had each won a sizeable share of seats in the assembly,leaving a hung parliament. The BJP emerged as the biggest single party, with 104 seats, or but fell short of the 113 needed for a majority. The party’s only national rival,Congress, which came in second place, and immediately locked arms with the third force,a regional outfit called the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS). Together they commanded 116 seats. The pairing of Congress and JDS thus claimed the accurate to form the...
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Source: economist.com