Bidadi: JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy stated that his celebration is anticipated to take a “hit” in as much as 25 Assembly segments, the place it had possibilities of successful, as a result of monetary crunch, within the Karnataka elections held on Wednesday.
Despite monetary constraints, his celebration will likely be forward of Congress and BJP when it comes to successful the variety of seats, the previous Chief Minister claimed, as he asserted that his celebration will likely be ‘King’ and never simply the ‘King maker’.
“What has pained me is that I have not been able to financially support several of my candidates. My expectation was that I might get public support in terms of funds, I have taken a hit to an extent. At several constituencies which had winnable candidates like in Chikkaballapura and Doddaballapura, I have failed in financially supporting the candidates at the final stages,” Kumaraswamy stated.
Speaking to reporters right here, he stated due to a scarcity of funds, in about 20-25 constituencies the place he has expectations of successful, there’s a setback. “Some constituencies have taken a good sum of money from party funds and in some winnable seats I have not been able to give enough funds and it has caused a hit. I have not been able to support them as per expectation, as the party did not get donations as expected,” he stated.
Further requesting the celebration staff to not develop a “wrong impression” of candidates, Kumaraswamy stated, “I have let down candidates, it is my mistake. In about 50-60 seats where our candidates were giving a good fight, I have not been able to give funds as per expectations.”
Despite all this and amid a way that this election is “indispensable” for JD(S), he stated, “I had expected more than 120 seats….. but we will still be ahead of Congress and BJP, despite financial constraints.” Asked in regards to the situation of the hung meeting and JD(S)’ position then, Kumaraswamy stated, “Let’s see, I will discuss when such a situation comes.” To a query, will JD(S) emerge as a kingmaker on this election, he stated, “Not solely kingmaker, our celebration goes to be a king, allow us to see. In the earlier Assembly elections in 2018, JD(S) received 37 out of the entire 224 seats.
