Former MLA of Tumkur Rural Assembly Constituency H Ningappa will join Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday morning, said former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Former PM and Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda, who took part in the joint coordination committee meeting of BJP and JD(S), said that they have given a great message to the people of Karnataka: Fight the Congress and ensure their defeat.
Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy confirmed on Tuesday that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections as BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, said on Sunday that he 'will decide in two days' whether to contest Lok Sabha elections.
Coming down heavily on the Siddaramaiah-led government, former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said the fiscal condition of the state has deteriorated under the ruling Congress.
BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda expressed his displeasure with the BJP and indicated that he could quit electoral politics.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, JD(S) Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy expressed that in Karnataka the motive was to gift PM Modi, 28 out of 28 seats victory from BJP-JD(S) alliance. He said that his party is asking only for Mandya, Hassan and Kolar seats.
The election in-charge, co-in-charges and core committee members of the Janata Dal (Secular) JDS expressed their displeasure over the announcement of the candidates of twenty Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka by BJP, said the party statement on Monday.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has criticised Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda, saying that he has aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his party's survival.