JD(S) Karnataka president HD Kumaraswamy meets Rajnath Singh

Eyeing to retain power at the Centre for a third straight term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the BJP hopes to leverage the regional party’s support, especially in the Vokkaliga community, in the southern part of the state.

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Meeting with PM Modi

On Thursday, Kumaraswamy, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Deve Gowda, said his party and the BJP will complete their talks regarding seat-sharing in the state for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by the end of January 2024.

He said that the matter was discussed during the meeting on Thursday.

“Seat-sharing (talks) between the two parties will be completed comfortably by the end of January. There will be no hurdle in that,” Kumaraswamy told reporters in New Delhi.

When asked how many seats the JD(S) will seek, the former chief minister said, “The number of seats does not matter, we will claim winnable seats.”

The alliance with the BJP has been formed to give a befitting reply to the Congress, which wants to finish the JD(S) in Karnataka, he said.

The BJP had won 25 seats in the 2019 polls. The JD(S) won one Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections when it contested in alliance with Congress. Sources said the party is likely to ask for at least four to five seats for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

(With PTI inputs)