Will form next govt on our own: HDK

JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday ruled out his party entering into either pre-poll or post-poll alliance with the two national parties, the Congress or the BJP, in the state.

The JD(S) is confident of forming the next government on its own. In case of a hung Assembly (after the 2018 elections), the JD(S) will seek fresh mandate from the electorate. The JD(S) will not join hands with any party to form the government, he said while interacting with the mediapersons here.

He said he has his own vision for the development of Karnataka. A coalition government cannot make it a reality. So, the party needs a clear majority. “The JD(S) will win 80 to 90 seats if the elections are held now. I have prepared a strategy to win the majority. I will implement it in the run- up to the elections. The party will field its candidates from all the 224 constituencies, he added.

Kumaraswamy claimed that both the Central and the state intelligence agencies have found that the JD(S) will emerge as the largest party in the next Assembly elections. The two national parties have become anxious because of these intelligence reports. So, he said, the ruling Congress has been trying to tarnish his image by reviving 11-year old illegal mining case, he charged.

The biggest achievement of the Siddaramaiah government is rendering the Karnataka Lokayukta defunct. The government projected the anti-corruption watchdog as a bad institution and took away all its powers. Efficient and honest officers in the Lokayukta police were transferred for raiding the close aides of Siddaramaiah, he said.