The hidden hand behind BJP flare-up?

New Delhi, Nov 8 : Nobody quite knows how the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's first ever government in Karnataka flared up to such a point that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had to face a no-holds barred attack from the influential Reddy brothers from Bellary.

That the Reddy brothers, who are rich mine owners and close to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son Jaganmohan, is well known. Now a little bird tells us that Jaganmohan, who visited Delhi a fortnight ago to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi, could have played a role in triggering the banner of revolt.

An insider says Jaganmohan nurtures ambitions of becoming the Andhra Pradesh chief minister after his father's tragic demise and was keen to prove his political acumen despite his inexperience in realpolitik. Whether he fanned the crisis that was at an incipient stage is still not known, but the Congress camp is certainly watching events unfold in its rival party with unconcealed glee.

--IANS