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As a political crisis looms large over the coalition government in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah held BJP responsible behind the defection of MLAs, and asserted that there is no threat to the government.

As 10 MLAs of the Congress-JDS combine remain lodged in a Mumbai hotel where they reached last evening, Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar met JDS leader and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda at his residence in Bengaluru.