In 1996, when JD(S) nationwide president HD Deve Gowda was the PM with simply 16 Members of Parliament, now not many believed the good fortune that had favoured the regional birthday party from the South.
Twenty-two years later, having received 15% of seats in the Karnataka meeting, a identical state of affairs has risen in the state - Gowda's son and JD (S) state president HD Kumaraswamy is at the cusp of turning into the 23rd leader minister of Karnataka.
Such is the Gowda family good fortune that if Congress handiest commits to giving outside make stronger, of the 38 JD (S) MLAs, 33 will turn into ministers in the subsequent government, at the side of Kumaraswamy as leader minister.
Over the past twenty years, JD(S) has survived in large part via being the kingmaker in state politics.
While the birthday party will have misplaced energy in 2008, and has been in the opposition for 10 years, it came back into the reckoning in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2015. In reality, the state of affairs is very similar to the civic polls when the JD(S) joined fingers with the Congress and ruined the BJP's chances of forming the native government in the capital town despite profitable 101 of 198 seats. The JD(S) which were given handiest 14 seats even secured a deputy mayoral post for 5 years.
Over the past three months, while exuding confidence of coming to energy with an absolute majority, birthday party assets declare JD(S) used to be secretly hoping to at the least turn into a kingmaker. "The party was never going to go beyond its bastion and a few constituencies outside Old Mysuru region. However, by coming to power, the party is certainly going to get a morale booster to expand," stated a birthday party employee.
On Tuesday, the re-run of the BBMP elections seems to have captured the political narrative in Karnataka polls.
Purely at the basis of community backing, JD(S) consolidation of Vokkaliga votes in its bastion of 4 districts of Hassan, Mysuru, Ramanagara and Mandya propelled them to reach 30 seats. The other eight seats had been secured in the rest of Karnataka. While the preferred mandate will have rested with BJP and Congress, JD(S) has turn into a very important power for the incumbent ruling birthday party to thwart the BJP from coming to energy with handiest 18% vote share.
Such is the good fortune of the JD(S), despite having misplaced three more seats than they received in 2013, the birthday party were given the golden alternative to guide the government. "The JD(S) has joined hands with the Congress in the interest of Karnataka's land, water and language. Nothing more," stated JD(S) spokesperson and MLC Ramesh Babu.
Twenty-two years later, having received 15% of seats in the Karnataka meeting, a identical state of affairs has risen in the state - Gowda's son and JD (S) state president HD Kumaraswamy is at the cusp of turning into the 23rd leader minister of Karnataka.
Such is the Gowda family good fortune that if Congress handiest commits to giving outside make stronger, of the 38 JD (S) MLAs, 33 will turn into ministers in the subsequent government, at the side of Kumaraswamy as leader minister.
Over the past twenty years, JD(S) has survived in large part via being the kingmaker in state politics.
While the birthday party will have misplaced energy in 2008, and has been in the opposition for 10 years, it came back into the reckoning in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2015. In reality, the state of affairs is very similar to the civic polls when the JD(S) joined fingers with the Congress and ruined the BJP's chances of forming the native government in the capital town despite profitable 101 of 198 seats. The JD(S) which were given handiest 14 seats even secured a deputy mayoral post for 5 years.
Over the past three months, while exuding confidence of coming to energy with an absolute majority, birthday party assets declare JD(S) used to be secretly hoping to at the least turn into a kingmaker. "The party was never going to go beyond its bastion and a few constituencies outside Old Mysuru region. However, by coming to power, the party is certainly going to get a morale booster to expand," stated a birthday party employee.
On Tuesday, the re-run of the BBMP elections seems to have captured the political narrative in Karnataka polls.
Purely at the basis of community backing, JD(S) consolidation of Vokkaliga votes in its bastion of 4 districts of Hassan, Mysuru, Ramanagara and Mandya propelled them to reach 30 seats. The other eight seats had been secured in the rest of Karnataka. While the preferred mandate will have rested with BJP and Congress, JD(S) has turn into a very important power for the incumbent ruling birthday party to thwart the BJP from coming to energy with handiest 18% vote share.
Such is the good fortune of the JD(S), despite having misplaced three more seats than they received in 2013, the birthday party were given the golden alternative to guide the government. "The JD(S) has joined hands with the Congress in the interest of Karnataka's land, water and language. Nothing more," stated JD(S) spokesperson and MLC Ramesh Babu.
Karnataka election: Congress plays JD(Ace) to trump BJP's higher tally
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