Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy formed an alliance between the NDA and JDS. Headed by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, the JD(S) has long been a strong third player in the southern state where the Congress and the BJP have been the two main parties. The regional party, however, suffered a sharp decline in the recent assembly polls in the state in the Congress scored a big win, reducing the BJP to a distant third.
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