Bangalore, March 6, 2013:
JDS would demonstrate its strength in good measure for the first time in tomorrow’s elections to urban local bodies in areas other than its strongholds dismissing the notion that it’s influence is limited only to certain districts, state unit President H D Kumaraswamy said today.
The Lok Sabha member claimed that the party would come to power on its own in Mysore, Davangere, Hubli-Dharwad and Gulbarga city corporations.
Noting that political opponents dub JDS as a party confined to two-three districts only, Kumaraswamy said the
elections would show its strength in other parts of Karnataka for the first time.
He also claimed that his party would capture Koratagere town panchayat as well Mysore city corporation. Koratagere Assembly segment is represented by President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) G Parameshwara while Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Siddaramaiah, won the last Assembly poll from Varuna in Mysore district.
Kumaraswamy slammed a pre-poll survey aired by a news channel this week that projected lower number of seats and percentage of votes for JDS in Assembly elections, due in May, without citing “any reason”, and dismissed it as “misleading”.
“We will dis-prove the survey”, he told reporters, after formally inaugurating the party’s media centre here.
