The Janata Dal (Secular) rebuffed an approach by Nitish Kumar to merge with his Janata Dal (United) party, ex-Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda told NDTV Tuesday, two weeks after the Karnataka outfit allied with the BJP to contest next year's election.
Senior JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy spoke to NDTV and called for patience amid talk the Karnataka outfit has stitched together a pre-Lok Sabha election alliance with the BJP.