Winnability to be main criterion for seat-share with JDS: Siddaramaiah

There are 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

“We had a very good discussion. It was former prime minister (and JDS president) H D Deve Gowda’s wish that we start the first phase of discussion. We have to decide based on the chances of victory of a candidate. The candidates will be decided based on the merits,” Congress state president Dinesh Gundu Rao said.

Both coalition partners have prepared a preliminary list of candidates for each seat, and the winnability of these candidates will be worked out in discussions at the highest level of the leadership of the two parties, Congress leaders said.

A meeting of the coordination committee comprising Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Deputy CM G Parameshwara, AICC Karnataka in-charge K C Venugopal, and JDS secretary general Danish Ali next week will take talks forward.