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JD-S will be the king: Gowda
Bangalore (Agencies): JD-S supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday did not rule out the possibility of his party emerging as the...
Bangalore (Agencies): JD-S supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday did not rule out the possibility of his party emerging as the "king" rather than a kingmaker in the May 5 Assembly elections in Karnataka, witnessing a multi-cornered contest also involving the BJP, Congress and KJP.
Gowda, whose party had run coalitions with Congress and BJP in the state, said that in politics, "nobody should be pessimistic" and cited the examples of BSP and SP which had emerged on their own in Uttar Pradesh.A When asked if his party would be the king or a kingmaker, Gowda replied, "Why not the king? I am not saying this with exaggeration."
Gowda was replying to a query at a meet-the-press programme organised by the Bangalore Reporters Guild and Press Club of Bangalore.A JDS headed by Gowda's son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is contesting 223 of the total 224 Assembly seats. It derives strength mainly from the Vokkaliga community belt but is seeking to widen its base, wooing many a candidate from rival parties.
We will be winners: Rajnath
Belgaum (PTI): Rejecting suggestions that the ruling BJP was "sinking" in the Assembly poll-bound Karnataka, party National President Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted that it would re-emerge victorious in the elections.
The "lotus (BJP's poll symbol) is blooming all over the country," Singh told reporters while replying to a query whether the "lotus is sinking" in Karnataka, the first ever southern state where the party grabbed power five years ago. Singh, on a two-day campaign tour since on Sunday for the May 5 Assembly polls, said there were no differences within the party.
He said former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa, who has floated Karnataka Janatha Party after his exit from the BJP, could have been reinstated as chief minister "if and when" he came clean in corruption cases against him.A When the Lokayukta had indicted him in corruption cases, the option left for Yedyurappa was to come clean from the court, Singh said.
