BELAGAVI: Not all is well in Karnataka Congress unit, a Member of Legislative Assembly from Congress party, Satish Jarkiholi on Tuesday confirmed, saying that some of the legislators from the state are unhappy and the party leadership is trying to convince them.

"Some of them are not happy. They may not be 25 to 30 in numbers but there are 6 to 7 of them. MLAs are unhappy and our leadership is convincing them," Mr Jarkiholi said.

He also accused the opposition of attempting to create a rift in the party and said, "The opposition party is trying since the beginning to form the government by the support of Congress legislators by horse-trading the MLAs, but as of now, there are only 6-7 MLAs who are unhappy and we will convince them."

Mr Jarkiholi also said that he, however, is not leaving the party and claimed to be more powerful than many ministers.

"I had a word with our president Dinesh Gundu Rao on this issue. The high command is active and our state leadership is working on it," he said.