Bengaluru/Guwahati, May 2 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday triggered a political stir with his remarks hinting at possible "hotel politics" ahead of the Assam Assembly election results, while asserting strong confidence that the Congress would form the next government in the northeastern state.
Without directly referring to any post-poll crisis, Shivakumar said he was in Assam "to protect MLAs," a statement widely interpreted as signalling precautionary political positioning in anticipation of a closely contested outcome.
The phrase "hotel politics" is commonly used in Indian political discourse to describe the practice of moving legislators to secure locations to prevent poaching or last-minute defections duri...