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between him and the Congress -- a rotational deal that had soured his tie-up with the BJP in 2007
The details of power sharing were finalised at a key meeting last night, under which a Congress candidate will be the deputy of Mr
Kumaraswamy.In 2007, the BJP-JDS alliance had collapsed after 20 months
The northern party alleged that Mr Kumaraswamy had failed to honour the power-sharing agreement and step down to make way for a BJP Chief
Minister.Asked if his party has a similar agreement with the Congress, Mr Kumaraswamy responded in the negative.The Congress had offered Mr
Kumaraswamy's party, the JD(S), unconditional support when the two parties entered into a last-minute partnership during the counting of
votes on Tuesday to keep the BJP out of power
Unable to muster majority, his party was facing Congress allegations of coercion and abduction of lawmakers
With the support of 116 lawmakers, the Congress-JD(S) combine claim they have majority
Congress and the JD(S), made in 2004, had lasted less than two years
It broke at the prospect of the Congress support to Siddaramaiah, a senior JD(S) who had parted company with the party after Mr
Kumaraswamy's elevation and formed one of his own.Mr Siddaramaiah eventually joined the Congress and became its Chief Minister, but the
two parties were not the best of friends
This time, before the alliance, the Congress had accused the JD(S) of being the BJP's "B Team".Today, Mr Kumaraswamy said in view of their
differing ideologies, the two allies will formulate a Common Minimum Programme for smooth governance in the state
A coalition coordination committee will also be formed.The meeting last evening was attended by Congress's central leader Ghulam Nabi
