JD(U) threatens NDA!

Sharp differences have surfaced in the NDA in Karnataka and Jharkhand where the JD(U) has threatened to contest the elections independently.

Sharp differences have surfaced in the NDA in Karnataka and Jharkhand where the JD(U) has threatened to contest the elections independently.

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In Karnataka , the party has decided to contest 10 Lok Sabha and 95Assembly seats without any alliance with the BJP in view of its indifferent attitude on seat-sharing. In Jharkhand , the party has threatened to contest all 14 parliamentary seats on its own if the BJP does not agree to concede a few seats of its choice .

The BJP leadership is apparently of the view that the JD(U) does not wield much influence in both these states and, heeding the sentiment of its state units , has demonstrated its unwillingness to share any seats with the party.

According to a senior BJP leader ,any suggestion for seat-sharing in Karnataka has to be on a realistic assessment of strength .So far ,they had not received any such proposal , he said.