Tag: JDS

The new friendship between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) is likely to gain BJP an upper hand in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The national party is hoping it will be able to stem its losses in JDS-controlled regions, and as history suggests, it will eventually be able to acquire the same voter base for itself.  HD Devegowda family-led JDS joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on September 22, after much deliberation by both ideologically diverse parties. BJP leaders celebrated the alliance, as BS Yediyurappa...