Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal-Secular appeared to be keeping options open on a post-poll tie-up with either Bharatiya Janata Party or Congress in case of a hung verdict in Karanataka assembly elections.
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He said these are early trends and that he would talk only after a clear picture emerges in the afternoon.
"We don't want to shake hands with the BJP or Congress. Even on Saturday, they had said that the JD-S is untouchable. Let us see," former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said in his initial reaction.
Kumaraswamy blamed the media for creating a campaign against his party saying it was against them from the beginning.
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