A day after Congress ruled out forming a coalition government with it in Karnataka, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) on Thursday said it will go to the people to seek a fresh mandate."With the Congress bringing the curtains down on government formation, the only course left for us is to gear up for elections," JD-S chief H D Deve Gowda announced at a hurriedly called press meet.AICC General Secretary Prithivraj Chavan had on Wednesday said in Delhi that Congress was not for forming any coalition government but was interested in coming to power on its own through early polls."BJP has already announced that it will face elections. The Congress has pulled the curtain down on government formation. We are the only third party left in the state. We should keep these developments in mind and go ahead strengthening and preparing the party for elections," Gowda said.The JD-S did not want to present a picture to people that its legislators were scared to face elections, he said while pointing out that MLAs in all parties were averse to polls now.Senior JD-S leaders including former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, M P Prakash and others will meet on Thursday and announce a decision in favour of elections, he said.
