JD(S) Kerala unit will continue with LDF: HD Kumaraswamy; thanks Pinarayi Vijayan

Kozhikode: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday expressed gratitude to Pinarayi Vijayan for allowing the Kerala unit of his party to be a part of the LDF government in the state. 

According to Kumaraswamy, the Kerala unit of JD(S) continues to be a part of the LDF. The situation in Kerala differs from that in Karnataka. The issue we have is confined to our party, he said. It is not something we wish to discuss with Kerala Chief Minister," he added. 

While he thanked the Kerala Chief Minister for allowing the Kerala unit of his party to remain a part of the LDF camp in the state, Kumaraswamy dismissed reports that Pinarayi Vijayan had supported the JD(S) decision to join the NDA alliance in Karnataka. 

Last day, JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda backtracked saying that he never said that CPM in Kerala supports the BJP-JDS alliance.

Vijayan also rejected the statement made by HD Devegowda, in which the former Prime Minister claimed that Vijayan had endorsed his choice to collaborate with the BJP. Vijayan further voiced his discontent with Devegowda's assertions, terming his statement as "untrue" and "absurd".