Political scuffle is quite high in Karnataka. Taking a jibe at Karnataka Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah's recent remarks, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Thursday that Congress is not a party worthy of an alliance as it has insufficient respect for coalition dharma. This comment by HDK comes with the state going for the bye-polls in two seats on November 3 with Siddaramaiah clearing the air about the probability of a Congress-JD(S) coalition. The HDK-ruled coalition government was removed from power within 13-months at the helm.
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The announcement from HDK comes in the wake of Siddaramaiah on Wednesday openly opposing the idea of joining hands with the JD(S) again for the November 3 polls. Incidentally, both the seats are known to be Vokkaliga belts which is the core voter base of the JD(S). In fact, in Sira, the bye-poll is being conducted as a result of the death of sitting JD(S) MLA B Sathyanarayana who passed away on August 4 at the age of 69 after a prolonged illness.
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Taking to Twitter, Kumaraswamy said that those who had come to former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's house to form an ally in 2018 should not talk about collaborating during elections. "At least as far as I remember, JD(S) has not gone to anybody's house with its palms open asking for an alliance prior to elections or otherwise. It is always others who have come to our house asking for our help and I proudly assert that we did help them within our limits," he said without naming Siddaramaiah, who had been a vocal opponent of Congress having an alliance with the JD(S) since the beginning.
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