Cong claims advantage in coming polls

Mysore, Nov 25 (UNI) Congress leader Siddaramiah today said his party was in an advantageous position to clinch majority in the coming Karnataka Assembly elections.

Talking to newspersons here, he said there was no other alternative left for the political parties but to go in for polls, after the fall of the seven-day old BJP-JD(S) coalition government.

''Both the BJP and the JD(S) have lost their credibility due to 'misrule' and 'feuds' between the coalition partners. People will reject them in the coming elections,'' he alleged.

Stating that the Congress had never tried to form the government at any stage realigning with JD(S), he said the party high command was never in favour of any such idea at all.

''JD(S) will be 'demolished' in the next elections and it had already dug his own grave committing a number of 'mistakes'. People will not 'forgive' this party for pulling down two -- Congress and BJP-led Governments. However, the BJP need not keep 'false' hopes that sympathy factor will work in its favour. It has committed enough 'blunders' for people to reject it,'' he alleged.

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