Yediyurappa, Kumaraswamy to take final call on BJP-JD(S) alliance for K'taka MLC polls: CM Bommai
New Delhi, Dec 2: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja S Bommai on Thursday said there are "different views" on forging a pre-poll alliance between the BJP and JD(S) for the December 10 election to Karnataka Legislative Council, but a final call will be taken by top leaders of both the parties.
"There are different views. However, a final call will be taken by our senior party leader B S Yediyurappa and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy," he told reporters here.
There are different opinions on this issue in several districts in Karnataka. Taking note of these views and after discussion with the central leadership, Yediyurappa will take a final decision, Bommai added.
On November 30, Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the MLC polls. Gowda had told Modi that leaders from both the parties have to decide on forging the alliance.
Yediyurappa had recently sought the support of JD(S) in seats where it is not contesting.
The election to 25 MLC seats, the terms of which end on January 5, 2022, will be held on December 10 and the results will be declared on December 14.
The elections are being seen as a big opportunity for the BJP to get a majority in the 75-member House and it comes after the bitterly contested by-polls to Sindgi and Hangal constituencies.
Bommai is in Delhi on an official visit. He met three Union ministers and discussed development issues related to the southern state.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
