HD Deve Gowda's Party Can Win Max 20 Seats In Karnataka: Siddaramaiah
NDTV
Siddaramaiah said JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy was unable to keep the confidence of MLAs and lost the government as 17 MLAs resigned.
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah asked people not to trust JD(S) and claimed that the regional party can win a maximum of only 20-22 seats in the 224 member legislative assembly, and cannot come to power. The Vokkaliga dominated Mandya district is the bastion of JD(S).
Calling the BJP government "communal, corrupt and anti-people", the former Chief Minister asked people to remove it and give Congress an opportunity to come to power in Karnataka, where Assembly elections are due by May.
"Last time out of seven seats (in Mandya district), you (voters) did not give us even a single seat. All the seven seats were won by the JD(S), don't do it this time. Out of seven, make Congress win in at least five or six seats," Mr Siddaramaiah said, while speaking at the Congress' 'Praja Dwani Yatre' rally in Mandya.
"I'm saying this after understanding the pulse of the people. Congress coming to power is as true as the Sun rising in the east. When we form the government, your share should also be there right? So send at least five to six MLAs, see to it that they are part of it. We will also be with the farmers of Mandya and work for you," he said.
