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The Janata Dal (Secular) is likely finalise its candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections by the third week of February.
Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Monday, JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda also ruled out an alliance with the Congress.
It would contest all 224 Assembly seats in Karnataka. Given the party’s association with the Left parties in Kerala, the former prime minister said the JD(S) is ready to allocate some Assembly segments to the Left in Karnataka, too.
Asked if the JD(S) would have any post-poll alliance with the Congress in case of a hung Assembly, Gowda said: “I have burnt my fingers having supported the Congress earlier”.
The JD(S) had 58 MLAs and Congress, 63 legislators in 2004, in spite of which, his party had to face many problems.
To a query on the entry of people from other parties to the JD(S), Gowda said a former MLA from Uttara Kannada district had joined the party now. Though he said many more are likely to join the party in the coming days, Gowda declined to reveal any names.
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