The chief minister was referring to constant rumours of the BJP allegedly offering monetary enticements to MLAs of the Congress and JD(S) to switch loyalties in a bid to come back to power.

An accused who was brought to police station for interrogation in a theft case, died mysteriously after falling from the second floor of the building of the police station at Amruthahalli police station limits in the city on Thursday.

Around seven passengers were injured when two private buses collided each other near Trasi beach on Thursday evening.

Retaliating Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy, BJP State President B.S Yeddyurappa said that “You might have your government in the state. But we have our own government at the centre. Whatever you do, we know how to counter it. I won’t scare from your threats”.

SIT officials arrested Sharad Kalaskar, the manipulator of the gun used to kill journalist Gauri Lankesh, on Thursday.

“BJP is also aware that the coalition government in the state is safe and stable. But the BJP has been trying to create negative image among people on the coalition government”, KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre alleged.

A jewelry shop owner was hacked to death near Shaktinagar railway track on the outskirts of the city on Thursday.

Close on the heels of Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy’s statement that people would revolt against BJP if the latter tried to destabilize the coalition government in the state, hundreds of Congress workers laid siege the house of BJP state President B.S Yeddyurappa in the city on Thursday and expressed their ire.