Fresh mandate if hung verdict comes, no alliance with Cong, BJP

Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, May 22: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy claimed that both the central and the state intelligence agencies have found that the JD(S) will emerge as the largest party in the next Assembly elections.

Kumaraswamy was speaking to reporters here on Sunday, May 21.

“The two national parties have become anxious because of these intelligence reports,” he added.

Fresh mandate

“JD(S) is confident of forming the next government on its own. In case of a hung Assembly verdict, JD(S) will seek fresh mandate from the electorate. We will not join hands with any party to form the government either in the form of pre-poll or post-poll alliance,” he said.

“I have my own vision for the development of Karnataka. A coalition government cannot make it a reality. So, our party needs a clear majority,“ he added.

“The JD(S) will win 80 to 90 seats if the elections are held now. I have prepared a strategy to win the majority. I will implement it in the run- up to the elections. The party will field its candidates from all the 224 constituencies,” he explained.

Lokayukta

“The ruling Congress has been trying to tarnish my image by reviving 11-year old illegal mining case,” he charged.

“The biggest achievement of the Siddaramaiah government is rendering the Karnataka Lokayukta defunct. The government projected the anti-corruption watchdog as a bad institution and took away all its powers. Efficient and honest officers in the Lokayukta police were transferred for raiding the close aides of Siddaramaiah,” he concluded.