Will not be rigid in demand to contest from 12 seats: HDD
Team Udayavani, Mar 4, 2019, 7:32 AM IST
Bengaluru: Indicating that he was agreeable to showing some flexibility in seat-sharing talks for the coming Lok Sabha polls with ruling coalition partner Congress, JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda said his party would not be ‘rigid’ in its demand to contest from 12 of the total of 28 seats.
Gowda said he had also asked the Congress to have a similar mentality during the seat-sharing discussions as there should not be any room for differences on seat sharing between the parties, whose main aim was to halt the BJP’s growth.
“I have said 12 seats should be given to us, but I will also not be rigid in saying that they should give us 12,” the former Prime Minister said.
Congress and JD(S) leaders are likely to discuss seat-sharing for the coming Lok Sabha polls at the coalition coordination committee meeting on Monday.
The coalition partners had held the first round of talks on seat sharing on February 25, during which Congress insisted that winnability would be the criteria, while the JD(S) maintained its stand to contest 12 seats.
As per their coalition agreement, both Congress and JD(S) have decided to fight the Lok Sabha polls together.
However, seat sharing is likely to be a major test for both parties as the JD(S), which is banking on two-third, one-third formula adopted in ministry formation and allocation of boards and corporations, has demanded 12 seats out of the total of 28 seats.
According to sources, JD(S) is said to be keen on contesting from Mandya, Hassan, Bangalore North, Mysuru, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Raichur, Bidar, Bijapur, Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga.
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