The BJP on September 22, acknowledged the alliance with Janata Dal (Secular) and welcomed the regional party from Karnataka, helmed by former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold.
The announcement came from BJP President J.P. Nadda on Friday afternoon after he and Union Home Minister Amit Shah met JD(S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in New Delhi. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who is learnt to have played an important role in bringing the JD(S) to the NDA fold, was also present at the meeting. Strategies to take on Congress in Karnataka was also discussed, sources said.
Mr. Nadda announced the alliance on social media platform X, but did not specify the number of seats that the JD(S) would contest from.
