JDS would support BJP rebel Sharath Bachegowda in bypoll-bound Hoskote constituency if he needed it, party leader and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Wednesday.
Bachegowda has announced his decision to contest as an independent candidate from Hoskote in the December 5 byelections to 15 assembly constituencies amid BJP's plans field disqualified Congress legislator MTB Nagaraj.
I had said we (JDS) will contest in all 15 seats, but mostly we will field 14 candidates. In Hoskote, if the independent candidate needs my support we will supportIf Sharath Bachegowda needs my support, we will discuss in the meeting and decide on supporting him, Kumaraswamy told reporters here.
On giving Sharath JD(S) ticket, he said, Lets see what happens in the coming days. They (Sharath family) are from our own house not outsiders, their origin is Janata Dal."
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