JD(S) denies switching loyalty to UPA

JD(S) on Monday scotched rumours that the party might change its decision to vote against the UPA in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

“There cannot be any change in our stand. All our three MPs are going to vote against the UPA government,” JD(S) Secretary General Danish Ali said when asked to comment on the rumours in the political circles.

He alleged that the ruling camp out of “sheer nervousness” ahead of Tuesday’s vote has floated such rumours.

“It is one more attempt by the political rivals of JD(S) to tarnish the image of the party and its leader H D Deve Gowda,” he said.