Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that JD(S) has all faith in their MLAs and nobody is going to go away, let BJP try, whatever they want to.  

Azad said, "the BJP may be the single-largest party, but it doesn't have the numbers and the Governor cannot take sides. Can a person who is there to save the Constitution, destroy it too? The Governor has to cut all its previous associations, be it BJP or RSS.”

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said, “All the Congress MLAs are intact. Nobody is missing. We are confident of forming the government.” 

The Congress on being asked if their MLAs in Karnataka would be shifted somewhere else, DK Shivakumar, said, “Yes, definitely there is a plan. We have to safeguard our MLAs.” 

He said, “They (BJP) are poaching our MLAs, we know that. There is a lot of pressure. But it not that easy as the two parties, Congress and the JD (S), have the necessary numbers. People are watching this.”

Ramalinga Reddy, another Congress leader, said: “BJP is trying hard to get our MLAs. They don't believe in democracy, BJP just wants power. All the people are happy, nobody is unhappy here.”