JD(S) Leader HD Kumaraswamy: NDA Nominee Chosen in Collaboration with BJP

Karnataka JD (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy says, “BJP national president and national leaders and BJP state leaders joined together and ultimately we decided to file the nomination paper as an NDA candidate. JDS-BJP coalition candidate, Kupendra Reddy we selected from both the party. We didn’t want to waste the votes for that reason Delhi high command also BJP high command advised us to put a candidate and we decided to file the nomination papers by Kupendra Reddy”