BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and the state Congress President, D.K. Shivakumar, on Thursday said that there is a significant likelihood of the Janata Dal (Secular) party merging with the BJP in the near future, based on the political stance of H.D. Kumaraswamy, the Union Minister of Large Industries and Steel.
He was speaking after inducting JD(S) leader Govindaraj from the Chamarajpet Assembly constituency into the Congress party at the KPCC office on Thursday.
“Looking at Kumaraswamy’s stance, it appears that the JD(S) may soon merge with the BJP. If that happens, it will be good for us as well. We can then fight the BJP directly. The confusion of ‘three parties in the fray but only two parties in the reckoning’ will be removed, ” Shivakumar said.