Will not be rigid in demand to contest from 12 seats;DeveGowda

Indicating that he was agreeable to showing some flexibility in seat sharing talks for the coming Lok Sabha polls with ruling coalition partner Congress, JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda Sunday said his party would not be 'rigid' in its demand to contest from 12 of the total of 28 seats.

Gowda said he had also asked the Congress to have a similar mentality during the seat sharing discussions as there should not be any room for differences on seat sharing between the parties, whose main aim was to halt the BJP's growth.

"I have said 12 seats should be given to us, but I will also not be rigid in saying that they should give us 12," the former Prime Minister said.

Speaking to reporters in Mangaluru, he said, "By loosening our stand a bit... a final decision should be arrived at.

You (Congress) should also have that mentality, I have said. Finally we will come to a decision cordially."