Karnataka floor test: Siddaramaiah endorses 'horse-trading', says 'retail trade fine'

Even as the whole state has been plunged into the state of political crisis, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday appeared to be endorsing the horse-trading of MLAs while addressing the Karnataka Assembly. With the deadline for the Karnataka floor test fixed by the Speaker at 6 pm, the former CM said in his closing statement made a cryptic comment on the state MLAs, claiming that "retail trade was fine but wholesale trade was an issue," possibly referring to horse-trading.