Kumaraswamy elected JD(S)LP leader

The Janata Dal (Secular) will hold a meeting of its legislators, defeated candidates and senior leaders here on Monday to introspect the partys performance in the recently concluded elections to the Legislative Assembly. The legislature party leader will be ...

The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) have forged a secret alliance to capture power and their selection of candidates...

The former Minister B.A. Jivijaya, a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate who lost the Assembly elections from Madikeri constituency in Kodagu, has announced that he would not contest any election in future. Speaking to presspersons in Madikeri on Wednesday, Mr.

With Congress getting a clear mandate to rule Karnataka and the Janata Dal (Secular) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sharing equal number of seats (40), now the question is which of two parties w...

The BJP is at second spot, while the Janata Dal (Secular) is leading in just a couple of seats. The Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 percent voting on Sunday, state election authorities said while polling average in Karnataka was around 70 ...

The Janata Dal (Secular) and Karnataka Janata Paksha candidates who contested the Assembly elections from the Kalghatagi constituency, P.C. Siddanagoudar and C.M. Nimbannavar respectively, have expressed fears that electronic voting machines (EVMs) ...

With the Janata Dal-United having taken a firm stand on the Narendra Modi issue, Bharatiya Janata Party is preparing for an eventuality of going it alone in Bihar in the next Lok Sabha elections. An indication to this effect was given by the party leaders from Bihar while discussing the political situation in the state with the top party leadership. The central leadership also asked the party leaders to strengthen the party at the grassroots level and reach out to the masses. Top BJP leaders ...

He was twice denied the CM's post as a leader in the Janata Dal-Secular apparently because former PM H D Deve Gowda feared that Siddaramaiah would overshadow his sons.A frustrated Siddaramaiah eventually quit the JD-S to join the Congress in 2006.

Despite improving its tally by 12 seats in Karnataka, the poll verdict indicates that the Janata Dal-Secular will have to stay out of power for the next five years. Vicky Nanjappa reports. While the mood at the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Bangalore is low for obvious reasons, the situation is no different at the Janata Dal-Secular office. The party only managed to improve its tally by 12 seats to 40 as compared to 28 constituencies it won in the last assembly election. Despite equaling ...