Some JD(S) MLAs favour giving external support to BJP, Kumaraswamy to decide: G T Devegowda

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Press Trust of India Bengaluru
Last Updated : Jul 27 2019 | 12:15 AM IST

A few JD(S) legislators have impressed upon H D Kumaraswamy to extend external support to the BJP government in Karnataka, party MLA and former minister G T Devegowda said on Friday, but asserted that the former chief minister would take the final decision.

Barely four days after losing power, the JD(S) legislators were a divided lot over their next course of action.

The difference of opinion among the legislators surfaced in a meeting convened by Kumaraswamy on Friday night to decide the party's future course of action in the wake of upheavals in Karnataka politics.

After the meeting of party legislators here, Devegowda said, "We (MLAs) discussed the future course of action. Some have suggested that we should sit in opposition, while some legislators are of the opinion that we should support the BJP from outside."

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First Published: Jul 27 2019 | 12:15 AM IST

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