INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: BJP and JD(S) will fight next year's Lok Sabha elections together in Karnataka, former chief minister and senior BJP
functionary BS Yediyurappa said in Bengaluru on Friday.When the deal with BJP is inked, JD(S) will be an important addition to the NDA fold
from the south.Though the two are yet to formalise a seat-sharing pact, according to Yediyurappa, JD(S) has agreed to contest four seats,
while BJP will fight from the remaining 24.JD(S) leader and ex-PM HD Deve Gowda met Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda,
during which BJP is learnt to have agreed to spare five seats for JD(S)
This differs from the four mentioned by BSY
Sources said the two parties had planned to formally announce their tie-up on September 13 after the conclusion of the G20 summit, but BSY,
who is also a BJP parliamentary board member, let the cat out of the bag before the official declaration.JD(S) bargaining for 5 seats, but
BJP is willing to give it 4After announcing that BJP and JD(S) will fight the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka together, ex-CM and BJP
veteran BS Yediyurappa predicted the alliance will win 25-26 out of 28 seats in the state
Gowda had earlier said that he would not go (with BJP) at any cost
They have built a party based on a certain ideology
bothered about who will have ties with whom
about the alliance, saying talks were still in their initial stage and nothing has been finalised.Commenting on the latest developments,
patriarch) himself is that they had only discussed the alliance, but nothing had been finalised
Such things must be dis cussed with the local leaders before coming to a decision as this is crucial for the success of the
Of these, JD(S) currently holds only Hassan, while the rest are held by BJP.Of the five seats JD(S) is believed to be insisting on, Mandya
is the most contentious, as it is currently represented by independent Sumalatha, who had supported BJP
The party has already promised to field her from Mandya in 2024, but if the seat goes to JD(S), BJP may have to find another constituency
for Sumalatha and in all probability, that alternative seat will be Bengaluru North, which is currently represented by former union minister
