ET analysis: Ex-CM Kumaraswamy’s attack on Congress, a move to assert JD(S) identity

Kumaraswamy and Shivakumar had until a year ago built up a public image of being great friends, and of burying their past rivalry. However, the former chief minister is now trying to cast aside that image and distance himself from the Congress, trying to widen the gulf between the JD(S) and Congress in the months following the collapse of the coalition regime a year ago.