Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday stated {that a} determination to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections was taken after session along with his social gathering colleagues. “Earlier than allying with BJP, I took the views of our 19 MLAs and eight MLCs who stated that JD(S) ought to think about getting into into an understanding with BJP,” Deve Gowda stated.
Addressing a press convention right here, the JD(S) chief stated that he had not met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that he had met Dwelling Minister Amit Shah for the primary time within the final 10 years. “We’re not power-hungry politicians… I held a dialogue with Dwelling Minister Amit Shah for the primary time within the final 10 years… I’ve not met PM Modi… I additionally defined the political state of affairs in Karnataka to HM…” Deve Gowda stated.
He additional stated that JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy will be part of the sit-in protest in opposition to the State authorities by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over the Cauvery water-sharing situation close to the Gandhi statue in Bengaluru at present.
The JD(S) had on September 22 joined arms with the BJP-led NDA to tackle the Congress social gathering in Karnataka within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. JD(S) chief and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy made the announcement of the tie-up after assembly Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda within the nationwide capital.
Following the announcement of the brand new alliance, JD(S) state vice chairman, Syed Shafiulla Saheb and different leaders together with M Srikanth and UT Ayesha Farzana resigned from the social gathering and reportedly there’s discontent amongst a number of Muslim functionaries within the social gathering
Kumaraswamy stated, “We won’t disrespect any Muslim chief from the JDS-BJP alliance. We’ve got mentioned the BJP-JDS alliance with JDS state president CM Ibrahim.” “There will probably be extra talks relating to the JDS-BJP alliance after the Dussehra competition, the place seat sharing could also be mentioned,” Kumaraswamy stated.
In the meantime, following his resignation from the JD(S) Syed Shafiulla Saheb accused the BJP for “sustaining silence over the state of affairs in Manipur” which witnessed violence after clashes earlier this Could.
Highlighting the distinction between the ideologies of the JD(S) and BJP, he stated, “I’ve resigned from the JDS social gathering following its determination to kind an alliance with the BJP. The ideology of the JD(S) and BJP, which is predicated on Hindutva, is completely different”.
