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Cong. High Command reviews situation In New Delhi, the Congress High Command, caught off guard by the Karnataka developments, reviewed the situation at a meeting attended by top brass including Sonia Gandhi but was in no mood to compromise with the rebel JDS faction led by H D Kumaraswamy to save its 20-month-old government. At the same time, the Central leadership felt that the JDS supreme H D Deve Gowda, who has disapproved of the coup staged by his son, would be able to persuade Kumaraswamy to see reason in next few days before the vote of confidence on January 27 in the beleaguered Dharam Singh ministry. Gandhi deliberated on the fast moving political developments in the southern state since last evening with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and senior leader A K Antony, who is incharge of party affairs of Karnataka as the Governor asked the Chief Minister to prove his majority by January 27. After the hour-long meeting, Antony merely expressed the hope that the party would succeed in "saving" the government but dismissed as speculative that the Congress would back rebel JDS to form the government. "We are closely monitoring the situation and are in touch with local colleagues, including Chief Minister and PCC Chief", he said as Dharam Singh did not rule out the possibility of meeting Gowda but shunned suggestions of talks with Kumaraswamy. While a section of the Congress believes that Gowda was behind his son's revolt, another feels that he has also been taken off guard. CPI(M) flays rebel JD(S) MLAs' action The CPI(M) today criticised the action by a group of JD(S) MLAs to join hands with the BJP to form the government in Karnataka and termed it as a "betrayal" of their party's commitment to uphold a secular government in the state. "The sheer opportunism of this move will cost them heavily as the people will not take kindly to such unscrupulous and unprincipled manoeuvres," CPI(M) Polit Bureau said in a statement. It condemned the "unscrupulous" tie-up between the BJP and the rebel MLAs. Report has been sent to President: Governor Meanwhile, Chaturvedi today said he has sent a brief "self contained' report to President A P J Abdul Kalam on the political situation in the state. Chaturvedi told reporters at Raj Bhavan here that he has kept the President's office informed of the developments. Answering a query, he said he was not under pressure from anyone. Chaturvedi also said there was no constitutional crisis. "I don't think there is any constitutional crisis. What happens tomorrow or the day after.. I can't say."
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