Patron of Janata Dal (Secular) and former Prime Minister of the country HD Deve Gowda has given a statement regarding Congress. He in the Karnataka Assembly elections to be held in May has denied any conversation with Congress leader DK Shivakumar before. When Gowda, in an interview with Hindustan Times, was asked about the deal with the Congress, he said that unnecessarily his Try not to scratch your head… No… No means no. Means No Mins No…

Absolute Majority (2013) When Deve Gowda was asked about Siddaramaiah becoming the only Chief Minister to receive the award, he said that those days are over. Let us tell you that the Congress, which is at the forefront of the triangular contest in Karnataka, may have to fight for the post of Chief Minister. Here a tussle can be seen between Siddaramaiah and party’s state unit chief Shivakumar over the post of chief minister.

Vokkaliga and Lingayat votes IMPORTANTLet us discuss here that Gowda and Shivakumar Both are Vokkaligas, who form 15 % of Karnataka’s population. Vokkaligas and Lingayats (%) are the two dominant communities in the state who have ruled the state for decades. He has maintained his dominance over politics. If you remember, in the decade of Lingayats 780, they had moved away from Congress and expressed their trust in BJP. Whereas a significant part of Vokkaliga went with JD(S).

9214in an interview Gowda said that the JD(S) held the key to form the government in Karnataka due to continuous fractured mandate. We did not want to form the government with the Congress at all. But Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad reached my house at that time and talks were held on forming an alliance. In the end, there was talk between both the parties and our government was formed in the state. He said that some people in the Congress finally betrayed him. This is the reason why BJP is in power today.