Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 8 : JD(S) and BSP parties on Thursday February announced an alliance for the Karnataka assembly elections.
The alliance aims at consolidating dalit voters.
BSP leader S C Mishra and JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali said that the alliance will be formally launched at a rally in Bengaluru on February 17. The rally will be addressed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and BSP supremo Mayawati.
Deve Gowda and Mayawati
BSP will contest 20 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, said sources.
"JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy will be the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance," said Mishra and Ali.