Karnataka Polls: HD Kumaraswamy offers pact, but with conditions

Bangalore 12/5: Anticipating a fractured mandate, JD(S) legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy said he is ready to enter into an alliance with either the BJP or Congress depending on which party fulfils his conditions.

Bangalore,Kumaraswamy’s offer is in the context of seven out of 10 exit polls coming out on poll day on Wednesday indicating a fractured mandate while showing Congress as the single-largest party.

 

Speaking to DH before leaving for Singapore for a quick break before counting day (Saturday), Kumaraswamy described the exit polls — several of them project a major climbdown for the JD(S) — as manipulative