‘Pro-Congress wave forcing BJP, JD(S) to tie-up with each other’

KPCC chief also hits out at Deve Gowda’s ‘opportunistic politics’

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President R. Dhruvanarayan has claimed that a “rising pro-Congress wave” in the State had created fear in the minds of the leaders of BJP and JD(S), forcing them to tie-up with each other for the ensuing elections to the Legislative Council from local bodies’ constituencies.

Speaking to reporters after participating in a programme organised to mark Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s death anniversary in Mysuru on Monday, he said BJP had sought the support of JD(S).

The JD (S), as a party, was ‘sinking’, he said. Several JD(S) MLAs and leaders, who were planning to join the Congress, had extended their support to the party in the elections. Hence, it had become inevitably for the JD(S) to seek the support of BJP, he claimed.