BSP, JD(S) announce alliance for upcoming polls

Team Udayavani, Feb 8, 2018, 3:26 PM IST

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) announced that they are entering into an alliance to contest in the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls together.

Addressing the media, Satish Chandra Misra from the BSP and Danish Ali of the JDS said that the BSP will be contesting from eight reserved and 12 general Assembly constituencies spread across 14 districts of the state. The JD(S) will fight for the remaining 204 seats, aiming to form government under the leadership of JD(S) state chief H D Kumaraswamy, the leaders announced.

The alliance would continue in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as well, BSP leader Satish Chandra Misra and JD (S)’s Danish Ali said at a press conference.

They said the two parties would contest the Karnataka assembly polls due sometime in April together.