India, Oct. 10 -- On Thursday, our Chief Minister said, "Someone had sent agents to sting me." Karnataka, it appears, is no longer run by politicians alone.

Vidhana Soudha has a buzzing population of honeybees! Not the kind that make honey, but the kind that leave politicians trapped in it, a honey trap.

Last year, Co-operation Minister K.N. Rajanna claimed that 48 MLAs had been honey-trapped and demanded an investigation. Now, the Chief Minister himself says there was a "sting" attack on him!

Clearly, the bees are busy, the honey pots are overflowing and our politicians seem unable to keep their fingers and honey dippers out of them.

The controversy began last year when BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal hinted that legislators were bei...