At Rahul-Deve Gowda meeting, JDS asks for 10 seats in K'taka

March 06, 2019 13:16

JDS chief H D Deve Gowda Wednesday demanded Congress President Rahul Gandhi give his party at least 10 seats to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka.

Gandhi met Deve Gowda for seat-sharing talks at the latter's residence in New Delhi. The meeting lasted around two hours. AICC's general secretary in Karnataka K C Venugopal and JDS national general secretary Danish Ali were present at the meeting.

"Gandhi discussed about seat sharing in Karnataka. This is the first such discussion between the two parties. There are 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Earlier, I had asked for 12. At the meeting, I requested Rahulji to give at least 10 seats to the JDS," Deve Gowda told reporters.

Gandhi will take the final decision after taking inputs from Ali and Venugopal, he said. Ali said the seat-sharing arrangement will be announced by March 10. -- PTI

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, JD-S chief HK Deve Gowda, AICC's general secretary in Karnataka K C Venugopal and JDS national general secretary Danish Ali at the meeting today. Pic: ANI

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