Bengaluru, Dec 26 (UNI) Contrary to the expectations that secular parties will fight the BJP unitedly in Karanataka, JD(S) State unit General Secretary Ramesh Babu said the party may contest independently in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka.
Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, Mr Babu said, the JD(S) which has a strong base in several districts, has plans to contest as many as 12 seats if pre-poll alliance with the Congress is not finalised soon. “If the Congress fails to accommodate our 'rightful' number of seats during negotiations for sharing of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, 'We will have not other way to contest in all the 28 seats in Karnataka,' he said.
Informing that JD(S) has grown stronger in Kolar, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Mandya, Hassan, Bidar, Raichur and other parts of the state, it was in a position to win maximum number of Lok Sabha seats. “We will make our stand clear when sit with the Congress for discussion on seat sharing issue”.