Karnataka, April 24 (ANI): With elections round the corner in India's southern Karnataka, the Janata Dal-Secular or JD-S party, unperturbed by blame of betrayal politics, is looking for a kingmaker's position. The Chief Ministerial candidate of the party HD Kumaraswamy is least bothered with allegation of politics of betrayal by his former alley in government, the Bharatiya Janata Party. He still speaks of regional issues and achievements of his 20-month government in the state.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The corridors of parliament have a sizable number of ticket aspirants from Karnataka, which is going to polls in May. Most of them are Congress members. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, who is one of the senior leaders managing the party's campaign in the state, was seen giving a sympathetic ear to a group of aspirants.
The aspirants want to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. When no party leaders were around, some of them turned to journalists, pleaded their case, and asked them to put across their views to senior ministers.