Senior Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday claimed that at least 15 Congress leaders in Karnataka will join the JDS ahead of next month\u2019s elections in the poll-bound state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kumaraswamy said that former Legislative Council member Raghu Achar from Chitradurga and him have already talked and Achar will be joining JDS soon, adding that 15 leaders from the Congress will also be joining the party in coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kumaraswamy said it was poetic justice as he claimed that earlier, the Congress had tried to sink JDS by taking the party\u2019s MLAs but now they are coming back to JDS from the grand-old party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further said that the JDS will release its second list of candidates for Karnataka elections on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karnataka goes to polls on May 10 in a single-phase and results for the 224-member Assembly will be announced on May 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently, the Congress, which seeks to oust BJP from power in Karnataka, claimed that the saffron party is facing a \u201cmass exodus\u201d in the poll-bound state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a presser, senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala last week claimed having \u201cauthentic information\u201d about the BJP being unable to choose its own candidates in the upcoming Karnataka elections due to a \u201cmass exodus\u201d taking place in the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citing \u201cauthentic information\u201d, Surjewala claimed that the BJP is not able to select candidates as the right-wing party\u2019s ministers and MLAs are refusing to contest. He claimed that 10 BJP MLAs, MLCs, ex-MLAs and ex-MLCs, their boards and corporation chairmen have resigned in dozens and joined the Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Congress MP alleged that due to \u201cexodus\u201d in the BJP, federal agencies have been deployed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP regime at the centre to conduct raids against Congress leaders and candidates listed for the Karnataka Assembly polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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