Deve Gowda : I did not want my son to be Karnataka CM

Amid coalition crisis in Karnataka, Deve Gowda stated that he had suggested Mallikarjun Kharge's name for the post of the chief minister, and didn't want his son to take on the post. "I was the glue for the coalition in Karnataka. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi sent Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot to Bangalore. While having a discussion, I told them the pain of the coalition I had experienced before. I told them I don't need it [coalition]," said the leader.

Months after the assembly elections, teh current CM H D Kumaraswamy had broken down at an event. He said, "The chief minister's post is not a bed of roses, it's a bed of thorns,"

Soon, the allies and the BJP accused each other of poaching MLAs from their rival camps. However, Congress and JDS decided to stick to each other to stop BJP.