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Are there hopes of the JD(S) emerging as a kingmaker in this election again? Why kingmaker? We want to emerge kings. There will not be a fractured mandate and there is no point in speaking about alliances. My honest assessment is that we will come to power with a working majority. What is your response to the allegations that the JD(S) has a political understanding with both the BJP and the Congress? There is no question of a tacit understanding with either BJP or Congress. We will go on our own with our programmes to all constituencies and speak about the programmes. How do you rate the current BJP government and what will the JD(S) pitch be for the Assembly election? This is the worst government. There is anti-incumbency and there are corruption charges. H.D. Kumaraswamy has already implemented the ₹25,000 loan waiver scheme and successfully rehabilitated those who lost homes in Kodagu. Through Pancharatna yatra, Mr. Kumaraswamy has announced new programmes. Confidence has been created in the minds of the people that he will stand by his promises and implement them. Trust is more important than the promise and people trust him. On the other hand, what has BJP or Congress done that is trustworthy? Can the JD(S) poll promises be implemented? Mr. Kumaraswamy has shown what is possible already and has shown maturity in implementing promises. The loan waiver was implemented despite the Congress insisting on continuing the so-called Bhagya schemes started by former Chief Minis...

Hours before the counting for the Karnataka Assembly Elections begins, ex-Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy said on Saturday that JD(S) was a small party and he was only looking for development. JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy (HT Photo) Speaking to media, Kumaraswamy said, “In the next 2-3 hours, it will become clear. Exit polls show that the two national parties will score in a big way. The exit polls have given 30-32 seats to JD(S). I am a small party, there is no demand for me...I am hoping for a good development.” This comes a day after two-time former MLA Kumaraswamy had declared that JD(S) was open to a post-poll alliance with either the Congress or the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whichever agreed to his list of conditions, principal among which was that he return as chief minister with a free hand. The JDS leader's remarks were rebutted by the two national parties, each of which said no contact had been made with the regional party for an alliance. Each also stressed that they expect to win this election with a clear majority - something multiple exit polls doubt. Speculation over the JDS' course of action was also triggered by party leader Tanveer Ahmed, who told the broadcaster a decision on whom to support had been made. Hours later his comment was struck down by party senior CM Ibrahim, who declared Ahmed a 'nobody'. Exit polls have indicated that Karnataka might face a hung Assembly as the most likely outcome. While som...

After five years of political wrangling, the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has finally decided to reunite with its parent socialist entity, the Janata Dal (Secular) [ JD(S) ] in Kerala. The two allies of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M]-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) have agreed to merge after reaching an amicable settlement of the post of State president, the Cabinet berth and sharing of the positions in the district and State levels. Post merger, Mathew T. Thomas, the incumbent State president of JD (S) will continue in the post. The posts of secretary general, senior vice president and parliamentary board chairman will be allotted to LJD. Likewise, the post of 14 district presidents will be shared between the two parties.. Party sources said that a seven member committee from both sides have been constituted to successfully steer the merger deal. Earlier the leadership of the both parties had also separately held meetings to arrive at the unification plans.. With the merger of the two parties, the JD(S) will have three MLAs. Besides, the merger will be intimated to the LDF leadership shortly. “ Our plans are coming to fruition sooner rather than later,” a party functionary said. The proposed amalgamation of the LJD and JD(S) was However both parties now believe in the renewed buoyancy to remain as a single political party in the State. The JD(S) with two legislators secured a berth in the second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry while the LJD failed to get i...

The Janata Dal (Secular) Friday The ticket for the seat has gone to a party worker and not to Bhavani Revanna, the daughter-in-law of H D Deve Gowda and wife of H D Revanna, who had laid claim to it to make her electoral debut. This had been opposed by brother-in-law H D Kumaraswamy. On Friday, Kumaraswamy claimed that Hassan nominee, Swaroop Prakash, had been decided with Bhavani’s “complete consent”. “With the consent of all the members of our family, we have declared Prakash as the JD(S) candidate for Hassan,” he said. Don't miss | On Friday, Revanna stood by Kumaraswamy’s side as Prakash was announced as the candidate. Their father Deve Gowda, the former prime minister, knows Hassan inside out, Revanna said. “I have been saying for the last six months that our party leaders in Hassan, state president C M Ibrahim and Kumaraswamy will decide the Hassan ticket… The intent of everyone is to make Kumaraswamy the CM.” While the ailing Deve Gowda has retired from active politics, those in the family with electoral stakes include Kumaraswamy, his wife Anitha and son Nikhil; and Revanna, and his sons Prajwal and Suraj. Another notable face in the JD(S) second list is senior advocate Nagendra Naik, whose appointment to the High Court has been held back on four occasions by the Centre despite the approval of the Supreme Court Collegium. Naik will contest from Bhatkal in coastal Karnataka. The four sitting MLAs from the Hassan region who have been refielded are former state JD(S) ...

Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has said his party will get a “working majority” in the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls on the back of his son and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s work as the two-time chief minister. Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. (HT Photo) He said people want to trust Kumaraswamy. “[That is because of] the work he has done as the CM [chief minister] with the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] and the Congress support,” said Gowda, 89, who has passed on the party baton to Kumaraswamy, in an interview with Hindustan Times. “The fight is triangular. Naturally, [the] star [studded] campaigns are of the BJP and the Congress. Their leaders are coming here from all over the country. From our side, Kumaraswamy and I besides some former [state] ministers are working very hard on what we call the Pancharatna programme which has become very popular,” he said, referring to the five-point scheme Kumaraswamy announced at a rally in Mysuru last month. The scheme includes loan waivers for women self-help groups, medical assistance to the tune of ₹40 lakh to check medical bankruptcy, bringing government English and Kannada-medium schools at par with private schools in all gram panchayats and setting up 30-bed hospitals with free dialysis and lab facilities in all panchayat centres. Gowda said Kumaraswamy has toured about 118 constituencies to explain the attractive scheme. “This time I have personally taken the responsibili...

Serial no. Candidate Constituency 1 Naseer Bapulsab Bhagavan Khanapura 2 Shankar Madalagi Bailhongala 3 Hanumanthappa B. Mavinamarad Badami 4 Dr. Channabasappa Sangappa Sollapura Muddebihal 5 Rajugowda Patil Deverhipparagi 6 Paramanand Basappa Thanikedar Basavanabagewadi 7 Basavaraj Honawada Babaleshwar 8 Devananda P Chavan Nagatana (SC) 9 BD Patil India 10 Shivanand Patil Sindhagi 11 Shivakumar Natekar Afzalpura Shivakumar Natekar 12 Balaraj Guttedar Sedam 13 Sanjeev Yakapur Chincholi (SC) 14 Smt. Maheshwari Wale Alanda 15 Naganagowda Kandakur Gurumitakal 16 CM Fayaz Humnabad 17 Bandeppa Khasempur Bidar South 18 Ramesh Patel Bidar 19 SY Quadri Basavakalyan 20 Narasimha Nayak Raichur Rural (ST) 21 Raja Venkatappa Nayak Manvi (ST) 22 Karemma G. Nayak Devadurga (ST) 23 Siddu Bandi Lingasugur (SC) 24 Venkatarao Nadagowda Sindhanuru 25 Thukaram Survi Kushtagi 26 Ashok Ummalatti Kanakagiri (SC) 27 Thukaram Malagi Haveri (SC) 28 Jayanand Javannavar Hirekerur 29 Manjunatha Goudar Ranebennur 30 Putresh Hoovinahadagali (SC) 31 Somappa Sandoor (ST) 32 Raveesh Challakere (ST) 33 M. Thippeswamy Hossadurga 34 HS Shivashankar Harihara 35 Amanulla Khan Davangere South 36 Yogesh Channagiri 37 Shivamurthy Gouda Honnali 38 Sharada Purya Naik Shivamogga Rural (SC) 39 Sharada Appajigowda Bhadravati 40 Raja Ram Thirthalli 41 Sudhakar Shetty Shringeri 42 BB Ningaiah Mudigere (SC) 43 Thimmashetty Chikkamagaluru 44 Sri CB Suresh Babu Chikkanayakanahalli 45 MT Krishnappa Turuvekere 46 D. Nagarajai...

Janata Dal (United), JD(U) English People’s Party (United), regional The party’s origin can be traced to the founding of the Janata (People’s) Party in 1977, a In 1999 the JD decided to support the The 2003 re-formation of the JD(U) was largely a move to counter the RJD’s several years of dominance in Bihar. While espousing the The JD(U) first slated candidates for office for the February 2005 Bihar state legislative assembly elections, in which it won the second largest number of seats, behind the RJD. The RJD could not form a government, however, and in a second poll, held in October 2005, the JD(U) scored a The administration’s strong and largely corruption-free performance in its first term was among the reasons why the JD(U) had an even better showing in the 2010 assembly elections, in which it won 115 seats. Again teaming with partner BJP (91 seats), it formed another coalition government, with Kumar returning as chief minister. The party also performed well in the 2009 elections to the Bihar remained the JD(U)’s stronghold, although the party also had some electoral success in neighbouring Jharkhand (which had been carved out of Bihar in 2000). In the 2005 Jharkhand assembly elections, the party won six seats in the 81-member lower chamber, but it could garner only two seats in the 2010 polls. The party carefully nurtured a

Several groups of Muslim elders and youths are huddled in an animated political discussion outside the Jamia Masjid on Irwin Road in Mysuru city. They had just walked out of the mosque after the Zuhr namaaz. Soon, the political discussion veered towards the probable division of Muslim votes between the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) and the undue advantage it can give to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the old Mysuru and coastal regions. Abdul Karim, a software engineer, rejects any such probability and opines that Muslims have “suffered enough in the last couple of years” to know which party is their well-wisher and which is an opportunist. “The Muslim community knows for sure that Congress is their well-wisher and Janata Dal (Secular) is an opportunist looking to be part of the government. It is neither allergic to Congress nor BJP and if the situation demands it would readily help the latter to form the government,” stressed Karim adding that HD Kumaraswamy, the JD (S) leader has already formed the government with the BJP’s support in the past and can do so again. He says that Muslims will only vote for JD(S) in constituencies where the Congress candidate is weak and out of the fight. Exit Polls predict JD(S) dismal performance Perhaps, Karim was right and if exit polls are to be believed, the minorities of the state have put their faith in Congress over JD(S). The exit polls for the Karnataka Assembly announced Wednesday indicate Congress emerging as the single ...

Why does this story matter? • The JD(S) is hoping to retain its stronghold in 37 seats with some newly-welcomed turncoats from the • It is worth remembering that the saffron brigade came to power in the state after successfully toppling the coalition government of the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in 2019. • Notably, no party has won two consecutive terms in Decision is done: Tanveer Ahmed Furthermore, the report claimed that the party has already made the decision on who they will form a post-poll alliance with and that the decision will be officially announced when it's the "right time." "The decision is done. It's taken. We will announce it to the public when it is right time to," revealed JD (S) spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed. Nobody can form a government without us: Ahmed "Nobody can form a government without us. That is a good number, I think. We could not match the resources of the national parties in terms of money, might, muscle," Ahmed further stated. "We were a weak party. But we know we performed enough to be a part of the government," the senior leader added. No question of forming a coalition, says BJP Meanwhile, the saffron brigade has refuted the claims of reaching out to the JD(S). BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje claimed that there is "no question of forming a coalition at all." "We are sure to get 120 seats. After gathering information on ground from our karyakartas yesterday, we have arrived at a number -- 120," added Karandlaje.