The Karnataka stalemate is yet to be resolved. And Siddaramaiah, meanwhile, went berserk on Tuesday evening by making a shocking, disgraceful comment in his address to the Assembly.

The former Congress Chief Minister of the State said that retail trade (of MLAs) is fine but not wholesale trade. This has been seen as a rather crude endorsement of horse-trading by the tall leader!

He later said, "About Rs 25 Cr, Rs 30 Cr, Rs 50 Cr has been spent on buying the MLAs. Where is this money coming from? The rebel MLAs will be disqualified. Their political samadhi will be built. Whoever defected since 2013 has lost. The same fate awaits those who have resigned this time. It should happen."

The BJP, meanwhile,