Bengaluru, October 06: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that decision on alliance with other party for the by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats and two Assembly seats would be taken after discussing with the party high command.

Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Siddaramaiah said that “we will consider all elections seriously. Not only Jamakhandi assembly seat. We will consider all constituencies seriously. Decision would be taken on selection of candidates”, he said.

Normally, Lok Sabha elections would be announced in March. At this time, there was no need to conduct by-elections to three LS constituencies. But the Election Commission has already declared the dates, he said.

The Congress and JDS had decided to expand the Cabinet. But now the by-elections were declared. So, it would be discussed with the party high command and take a decision, Siddaramaiah said.

 

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