Arun Jaitley to 'guide' BJP and allies in Karnataka

The BJP has asked Arun Jaitley to rush to Bangalore to "guide them" in the exploration of possibilities in forming a government.

With BJP and its allies emerging as the single largest group in a hung Karnataka Assembly, the party has asked Arun Jaitley to rush to Bangalore to "guide them" in the exploration of possibilities in forming a government there.

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BJP President Venkiah Naidu, emerging from a meeting of top NDA leaders at the Prime Minister's residence, told reporters that "the voters of Karnataka have rejected Congress."

"Though no single party is getting absolute majority on its own, it is the BJP and its allies which is ahead of others. That is why we have asked Arun Jaitley to visit Karnataka and guide them in the exploration of possibilities to form government," he added.

On Orissa, he said the picture was much clearer and the party had asked Pramod Mahajan to go to Bhubanewswar to work out the modalities for formation of a BJD-BJP government.