<p>Janata Dal (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday hoped that both BJP and JD(S) together will bring back the “golden era” of development envisaged by him and BJP veteran <br>B S Yediyurappa jointly in 2006.</p>.<p>Kumaraswamy said this after BJP state president B Y Vijayendra met him at the former’s farmhouse in Bidadi, on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Sunday.</p>.<p>“Our (Kumaraswamy-Yediyurappa) combination had worked really well then. We have laid the foundation and now it is for both Nikhil and Vijayendra to bring back that magic,” he said.</p>.<p>He said Vijayendra has been putting in a lot of efforts to organise workers of his party at the grassroots to ensure that the coalition wins all 28 Lok Sabha seats next year.</p>.<p>“We both discussed winning all 28 seats jointly and strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hands in 2024. We both did not speak anything pertaining to the seat-sharing issues, as such issues are dealt with in Delhi, not here,” he clarified in response to a question.</p>.<p>He emphasised that both (Nikhil and Vijayendra) will tour the state if there’s a need for a joint campaign. </p>.<p>Vijayendra said that he discussed with Kumaraswamy about both parties taking up issues to expose the ruling Congress in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We discussed about fighting the corrupt Congress government in the state unitedly. We will expose the anti-farmer, anti-poor and anti-dalit policies of the ruling party inside and outside the Vidhana Soudha,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Conceding that there were “minor differences” in his party, Vijayendra stated that he would address them with the help of his party seniors in the days to come.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Ours being a national party, there are some differences, which are minor in nature. I will take senior leaders’ <br />help to sort them out soon,” he said.</p>
<p>Janata Dal (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday hoped that both BJP and JD(S) together will bring back the “golden era” of development envisaged by him and BJP veteran <br>B S Yediyurappa jointly in 2006.</p>.<p>Kumaraswamy said this after BJP state president B Y Vijayendra met him at the former’s farmhouse in Bidadi, on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Sunday.</p>.<p>“Our (Kumaraswamy-Yediyurappa) combination had worked really well then. We have laid the foundation and now it is for both Nikhil and Vijayendra to bring back that magic,” he said.</p>.<p>He said Vijayendra has been putting in a lot of efforts to organise workers of his party at the grassroots to ensure that the coalition wins all 28 Lok Sabha seats next year.</p>.<p>“We both discussed winning all 28 seats jointly and strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hands in 2024. We both did not speak anything pertaining to the seat-sharing issues, as such issues are dealt with in Delhi, not here,” he clarified in response to a question.</p>.<p>He emphasised that both (Nikhil and Vijayendra) will tour the state if there’s a need for a joint campaign. </p>.<p>Vijayendra said that he discussed with Kumaraswamy about both parties taking up issues to expose the ruling Congress in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We discussed about fighting the corrupt Congress government in the state unitedly. We will expose the anti-farmer, anti-poor and anti-dalit policies of the ruling party inside and outside the Vidhana Soudha,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Conceding that there were “minor differences” in his party, Vijayendra stated that he would address them with the help of his party seniors in the days to come.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Ours being a national party, there are some differences, which are minor in nature. I will take senior leaders’ <br />help to sort them out soon,” he said.</p>