Waqf issue: Is the JD(S) ambivalence guided by electoral compulsions of Channapatna?

With its support base of the JD (S) among the Muslims in the State gravitating towards the Congress after the party aligned with the BJP, Kumaraswamy is keen to retain the backing of the community, which appears crucial in the ‘prestige battle’ that the bypolls to Channapatna assembly constituency