Team News Riveting
New Delhi, September 22
Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP received a big boost in Karnataka as Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to ally with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda. The move is also seen as a jolt to the opposition bloc INDIA eyeing to take on BJP jointly in the country.
After the meeting, Nadda said on X, “I am happy that JD(S) has decided to be the part of National Democratic Alliance. We wholeheartedly welcome them in the NDA. This will further strengthen NDA and vision of Hon PM Narendra Modi Ji for ‘New India, Strong India’.” Shah was present in the meeting.
The JD(S), founded and headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, has long been a strong third player in the southern state of Karnataka where the Congress and the BJP have been the two main parties. The regional party, however, suffered a sharp decline in the recent assembly polls in the state in the Congress scored a big win, reducing the BJP to a distant third.
The BJP, which heads the NDA, believes an alliance with the JD(S) will ensure its domination in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as the regional party enjoys considerable influence in south Karnataka where the party has traditionally been weak.
