BS Yeddyurappa is keen to become the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly. His best shot at that is for the Karnataka Janata Paksha to merge with the BJP in six months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. With this move, they can politically demolish their arch rival -- the Janata Dal-Secular.      

Insiders says that JD-S chief H D Kumaraswamy is keen to return to state politics and resign as an MP.