JD(S) to go it alone in next assembly elections

BANGALORE: Winning a 19 per cent vote share in the 2008 May assembly elections seems to have emboldened the JD(S), which has decided to go alone by fielding candidates in all the 224 assembly seats in the state in the upcoming polls.
Ruling out the possibility of a electoral alliances, JD(S) state secretary Basavaraj Patil Yatnal said that as many as 110 candidates will be shortlisted by Vijayadashami.Yatnal informed the press here on Sunday after attending a meeting of JD(S) functionaries and legislators, which was also attended by party leaders H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy, that the process of forming booth and block level committees will be kickstarted on August 31.