Don't attack Gowda if you want post-poll ties: 'Kingmaker' JD(S) to Rahul

The big question, however, remains if the JD (S) will form the government with the BJP if Karnataka has a hung assembly?

The Janata Dal (Secular) is in the midst of fighting the battle of its life.

The last time it was part of a government in Bengaluru was over a decade back. Another spell out of power, fears its leader and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, could hurt his party’s chances of survival grievously.

“We are a small regional party. Elections require big money. Unlike our two principal rivals, we do not have deep pockets. We are scraping the bottom,” Deve Gowda told this reporter recently.

The Gowda clan is extremely wealthy, as evident from the affidavits filed during elections