There is some self interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self interests. This is a bitter truth. Wrote chanakya in his Arthashastra. Karnataka was a big coup for Rahul's congress last year. Having seen power in goa disappear beneath their feet, the congress stalwarts acted quickly despite the bjp being the largest party. They gave a blank cheque to HDK. DK Shivkumar worked his magic in wheeling and dealing and kept the flock together. The BJP which had jumped the gun of victory was dealt an embarrassing backtracking. Was it an opportunistic alliance, of course it was, that's politics. Has it been rocky, yes it has. But Karnataka's politics has been rocky since 2004. Hd Kumaraswamy has been in the thick of it. First friends with the congress, then with the bjp, then no one, now the Congress again. Siddaramaiah who was a jds stalwart would become a congress chief minister. Karnataka is the crucible of the south for the politics of 2019. Not only will the state deliver 28 seats to the centre, it's a financial resources generator of crucial importance to the congress. On Friday at 7 pm, NewsX broke the story that a revolt was imminent in 48 hours. Today afternoon, after a day of resort politics, 2 independents have withdrawn support to the government. A few congress MLAs are mysteriously holed up in Mumbai. The magic man DKS is more hamstrung this time facing I-tax cases. The BJP claims as many as 17 MLAs might rebel, but deny they have anything to do with it. The congress and JDS insist that they will hold the fort and insist the Bjp has everything to with it. The next 48 hours are crucial. If more jump ship, the govt could face a no trust vote on February 6th. If it falls, the assembly may go into suspended animation till the Lok Sabha polls. We must not forget that HD Deve Gowda has been a prime minister of this country. He knows how to play national politics despite being restricted to a regional base. The BJP is going all out to woo him in case he's the kingmaker come may. In politics, it's as dramatic, high stakes and exciting as it gets. Let's get a full 360 view of what's actually going on. Straight from the news team the broke the story and has kept you ahead. At 10 pm tonight, is an explosive interview of Deve Gowda, the man everyone is now watching.