Since Karnataka elections and after, the two main political rivals were on a game of  जोड़-तोड़  of MLAs. The victors, soon after collecting their certificate, was on a bus -- or a plane -- on way to a luxury resort. Perhaps they spent more time in resorts than in Vidhan Soudha! I wonder! It was clear that the BJP was slowly -- but surely -- pulling the rug away from under the JDS-Congress coalition. Yet they fought back, led by the indomitable D.K Shivakumar.  But at what cost? Will anyone ever calculate the expenses incurred on these MLAs during their sojourns? Will anyone try to trace the origin of the funds? Not too long ago, a similar situation was witnessed in Arunachal Pradesh. The ruling party was reduced to insignificance in the Assembly and the CM had to bow out. Just like Karnataka, MLAs were being wooed, tempted or coerced by the political parties even while the Supreme Court was seized of the matter. Another CM had ended his life! Every time, under t

The one time Trinamool Congress in-house strategist and organisation mastermind and erstwhile Mamata 2nd-in-command turned BJP's West Bengal leader Mukul Roy has perhaps let the cat out of the bag recently. "107 MLAs from CPI(M), Congress and Trinamool will join BJP. We have a list prepared and they are in contact with us," he is reported to have said while addressing the media in Kolkata. In fact, I had kind of predicted before the Lok Sabha elections that Mukulda was -- and will be -- on a head hunting mission  ALSO READ:  https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/mukul-roy-mamata-banerjee-2019-lok-sabha-elections-polls-west-bengal-trinamool-congress-tmc/383458 His statement has made certain pundits produce simple arithmetic on West Bengal's assembly strength. However, the fact is if  107 MLAs walk out of various parties then (depending on the respective party's strength) the House strength will also come down.   A little birdie had tol