The so-called truce engineered by the top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership between warring factions in Karnataka has turned the spotlight on a set of bureaucrats who were caught in the crossfire. Since it was a no-holds barred power struggle between Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and the influential Reddy brothers, some of the bureaucrats were relieved of their lucrative postings as part of the compromise formula.
It is now learnt that these bureaucrats, close to both the factions and who bore the brunt of the feuding, want to be rehabilitated in some form.
Insiders point out that there could be more trouble in store as the uneasy truce has all the potential of collapsing and possibly calling for another round of fire-fighting from the central leadership. And before that happens, the bureaucrats are desperate for any posting.
