Oh! No No Mr.Shenoy.. Dont use words to make BJP the best thing that has happened to India and Karnataka. Most of things unexplained can be explained from a simple want, "WANT OF MONEY". Governmenting in India is essentially "Contracting Out". The "Spoils of War" are normally shared by this method. But unfortunately the Government in Karnataka was a continuity. (Not so in governance, Mr.Krishna as many of my friends in Bangalore say was more responsive.) So Mr. Gowda and Family were not earning out of contracts. Only way was to become CM. So essentialy the coalition was a need for retaining the first-time MLA's of JD(s). The irritation of Mr. Gowda was seen in his public squabble with Mr Narayana Moorthy. So let this mechanism evolve a new formula to share "Spoils of War". Of course, for Congress spokesman it would be "Horse Trading".
In this age of coalition politics we must have a system of pre-poll Alliances. And essentially a way to make them legitimate. And here too Kerala leads the way.