Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP) 

Bengaluru, Jul 9: "People in the BJP do not have faith in parliamentary system of democracy. They are trying to topple a democratically elected government enjoying majority. This is their sixth 'Operation Lotus' attempt and this attempt will also fail like the earlier ones," said former chief minister and chairman of coalition government's coordination committee, Siddaramaiah. 

Speaking to the media after attending a meeting held at the residence of deputy chief minister Dr G Parameshwara, he noted that BJP has not got majority in the election. 

Siddaramaiah accused BJP leaders of trying to coerce and keep Congress MLAs under pressure by misusing institutions functioning under the union government. He charged Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and home minister, Amit Shah, of truing to destabilize the state government. He added that the sixth conspiracy to unseat the government is set to fail. 

"We have some MLAs who are angry at not being given ministerial positions. To give them an opportunity, all the ministers have resigned from their posts in order to help the government survive by offering ministerial berths to disgruntled MLAs. They have expressed the opinion that individual status is not important for them but saving the government is. Therefore we will try to accommodate the unhappy MLAs by reorganizing the ministry soon," he stated. 

Congress in-charge for Karnataka, K C Venugopal, accused the BJP of trying to topple state government run by opposition parties.