Published Jan 18, 2024 | 11:32 AM ⚊ Updated Jan 18, 2024 | 11:32 AM
HD Kumaraswamy, Nikhil Kumaraswamy with Amit Shah and JP Nadda. (X)
Karnataka JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy has met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda in Delhi and discussed preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Kumaraswamy’s son and JD(S) youth wing state president Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and former MP Kupendra Reddy, were also present in the meeting held at Shah’s residence in Delhi on Wednesday, 17 January.
“The home minister and Nadda had a discussion with the JD(S) leaders for more than 45 minutes on state politics, seat-sharing and the issue of alliance,” Kumaraswamy said in a statement.
The former chief minister had said Shah told him that he would discuss the process of JD(S) officially joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and seat allocation after the completion of the consecration of the Rama temple in Ayodhya.
The leaders were unanimous that the NDA should win all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and Narendra Modi should once again become the prime minister.
Shah and Nadda told Kumaraswamy that BJP and JD(S) should take all the decisions to face the election on the basis of trust and faith.
Noting that there is a “strong anti-incumbency wave” against the Congress government in Karnataka within a year of it coming to power, Kumaraswamy said the leaders discussed ways to effectively bring the failures of the state government to the attention of the people.
ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಗೃಹ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀ @AmitShah ರವರು ಹಾಗೂ @BJP4India ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀ @JPNadda ಅವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ – ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಮೈತ್ರಿ, ಮುಂಬರುವ ಲೋಕಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ತಯಾರಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಇನ್ನಿತರೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಮಹತ್ವದ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನವದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ಸುದೀರ್ಘವಾಗಿ, ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ… pic.twitter.com/NcEnJXhRXX
— ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ.ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ | H.D.Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) January 17, 2024
The JD(S) decided on joining the NDA in September last year after a meeting Kumaraswamy had with Shah and Nadda in New Delhi.
Both parties have said they would fight the coming general elections in Karnataka together.
In the elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly in May last year, the JD(S) put up a poor show, winning only 19 seats. The Congress bagged 135 and the BJP 66.
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