No final decision yet on party going alone in local body polls, says Nikhil Kumaraswamy

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JD(S) Youth Wing president   Nikhil Kumaraswamy during the conscionable   the press, successful  Bengaluru connected  Friday.

JD(S) Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy during the conscionable the press, successful Bengaluru connected Friday. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.

Amid the disorder implicit the NDA confederation moving successful section bodies elections, Janata Dal (Secular) Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy connected Friday said that a last determination connected the enactment going unsocial has not been made yet.

“This is an predetermination for enactment workers. Both the JD(S) and the BJP are parties formed by workers. We are speaking to each different astatine each stage. The confederation has taken spot astatine the top, and the adjacent determination volition besides travel from there. (Party supremo and erstwhile Prime Minister) H.D. Deve Gowda volition instrumentality due determination successful our party,” Mr. Nikhil said during a “Meet the Press” organised by by the Press Club of Bengaluru, present connected Friday.

Recently, Mr. Gowda had said that the enactment volition spell to predetermination unsocial successful the section assemblage polls. He claimed that the confederation volition triumph 150 seats successful the adjacent Assembly elections.

Taking objection to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s connection connected merger of JD(S) with BJP owed to declining enactment base, Mr. Nikhil questioned the Congress’s show successful Bihar, Delhi and Maharashtra.

“How galore seats has Congress won successful these States? With whom volition the Congress merge successful these States?” helium asked. He pointed retired that JD(S) has a ballot stock of 37% successful constituencies successful Old Mysore region. “There are galore constituencies wherever JD(S) mislaid by a borderline of astir 5,000 votes. We volition person to fortify the enactment present and determination are galore challenges. I americium starting my 2nd limb of State circuit connected February 1,” helium said.

On the caller Ballari unit successful which 1 Congress idiosyncratic died owed to slug injuries, Mr. Nikhil said that the Ballari (Congress) legislator (Nara Bharath Reddy) should person been arrested. He besides defended his begetter and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy coming successful defence of BJP MLA Janardhan Reddy successful this case.

Published - January 09, 2026 07:42 p.m. IST

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