Sources are telling NewsX that the stage is set for 'operation lotus' in Karnataka by the BJP. Sources say 10 MLAs from congress and 1 from JDS are ready to join BJP. Resort politics to unfold to regain power in Karnataka by BJP. Four congress MLAs are already in one of the resort in Mumbai. According to sources, talks are on to pitch Umesh Jadhav, the Chincholi MLA, against Mallikarjun Kharge, in Gulbarga.