Janata Dal Secular has claimed that nobody can form government in Karnataka without its support.
According to the report in NDTV, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy's has said that they have received feelers from both Congress and the BJP as most exit polls predicted a hung assembly in Karnataka.
The report said Kumaraswamy, who took over as the face of JD(S) after party patriarch HD Deve Gowda took a backseat due to ill health, is in Singapore for a routine check-up.
“Still, a senior leader said it has been decided who they will partner with,” it mentioned.
"The decision is done. It's taken. We will announce it to the public when it is right time to," the report quoted senior JD(S) leader Tanveer Ahmed as having said.
The report said that the BJP has denied it had contacted the JD(S) and continued to exude confidence about a clear mandate.
The report quoted BJP's Shobha Karandlaje saying that there is "no question of coalition at all, the BJP has not contacted the JD(S)".
"We are sure to get 120 seats. After gathering information on ground from our karyakartas yesterday, we have arrived at a number -- 120," Karandlaje was quoted as having said.
"Yes, both (BJP and the Congress) have tried reaching out to us... The JD(S) is in such a position today that parties would like to reach out to us," the report quoted Tanveer Ahmed as having said.
Ahmed as per report also said: “The people of Karnataka wants us to keep check on both national parties for the betterment of the state. And I don't think a there's any reason why a regional party wouldn't want to work for the development of Karnataka.”
"The people who are going to work for the betterment of Karnataka and Kannadigas,” Ahmed as per report said.
Ahmed as per report also said:"Nobody can form a government without us. That's a good number, I think. We could not match the resources of the national parties in terms of money, might, muscle. We were a weak party. But we know we performed enough to be a part of the government".
