Bengaluru: JD(S) godfather Deve Gowda has asked alliance partner Congress to treat regional parties well before striking a grouping for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls  2019.

"Congress is big brother of secular parties. They (Congress) should treat us well before striking an alliance for the Lok Sabha polls later this year. The seat-sharing talks are still on," he stated while talking party workers late Thursday night.

Gowda also suggested Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who is also his son, to put up with the pain he is suffering while running the alliance government. "I am not going to blame anyone I know how much pain Kumaraswamy is undergoing running the coalition government. He should tolerate this to realise the goal. Whatever the pains, the party has to brush these aside and move forward," the former Prime Minister Stated.

These remarks come in the wake of Gowda pitching for a 2:1 seat-sharing formula for the next Lok Sabha elections.

JD(S) has been annoyed with Congress for "unilaterally" appointing president to boards and corporations in the state. CM Kumaraswamy and JD(S) leader P G R Sindhia also stated Congress cannot take the party's leaders for granted just because they are in an alliance.

Addressing party workers, CM Kumaraswamy told the coalition partners are following 2:1 formula and hoped the Congress would pertain same formula for the general elections. He also asked the JD(S) workers to make every effort to get 11 to 12 MPs elected from the party.