HD Kumaraswamy hints at pre-poll alliance with Congress for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
HD Kumaraswamy
The Chief Minister also stated that they have already endorsed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday stated that a pre-poll alliance with Congress party may be possible for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"Agenda is there. Let us see how Congress is going to treat Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S)," said Kumaraswamy.
The Chief Minister also stated that they have already endorsed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister. Kumaraswamy said that the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka "will continue".
Karnataka Chief Minister, at a JD(S) meet, earlier this month expressed his dissatisfaction of heading a coalition government. He said that leading a coalition is nothing short of consuming poison.
During a felicitation event in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy refused to accept bouquets and garlands stating that he is not at all happy on being the head of a coalition government. Kumaraswamy further stated his government is not the ultimate and absolute choice of the people of Karnataka.
"You are standing with bouquets to wish me as one of your brothers became the Chief Minister and you all are happy, but I'm not. I know the pain of coalition government. I became Vishkanth and swallowed pain of this government," he stated.