Bengaluru, May 12: With the possibility of hung Assembly looming large in Karnataka, the JD(S) is all set to play the kingmaker’s role in the state.
Hopeful of winning over 30 seats in the Assembly polls, sources in JD(S) said on Thursday that party leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is now not only going to be the kingmaker but is also set to become the ‘king’.
Earlier during polls campaigning, Kumaraswamy had claimed that both national parties – BJP and Congress – will have to come to his doors after the elections.
Sources revealed that after getting the reports from party workers on ground, Kumaraswamy had boarded a flight to Singapore and is handling the negotiations from there with national parties.
They further claimed that the JD(S) has “decided to go with the Congress as per the wishes of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy will become the Chief Minister”.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah, the betenoire of Gowda family, will bear the brunt of the alliance as there are all possibilities of JD(S) honchos asking Congress to keep him at bay.
Meanwhile, JD(S) national spokesperson and senior leader Tanveer Ahmad said that both national parties – Congress and BJP – are “trying to reach out” to his party for forging a post-poll alliance.
“Both the national parties are definitely trying to reach out to us… We will take a decision at an appropriate time. Right now, I can tell you that we will take a decision for the betterment of Karnataka,” Ahmad told media.
