Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he is not bothered about the poll alliance between the Opposition parties BJP and the JD(S) in Karnataka for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, claiming that the people will back the ruling Congress party.
Reacting to the announcement by former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa that the BJP will have an understanding with the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda-led JD(S) for the 2024 general elections, Mr. Siddaramaiah said:“Whether they have an alliance or fight separately, I am not bothered. People are with us. They will vote for us.”
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar termed the development as “not new”. “Let them do it (alliance). Earlier too, they had done it when BJP leader and MLA R. Ashok and Mr. Kumaraswamy had come together in the previous (BJP-JD(S) coalition) government.”