JD(S) leader and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda backtracked his statement of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan agreeing to JDS-BJP alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Deve Gowda claimed he never said that CPI(M) “supports” the alliance. His reversal comes after Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan retorted to the claims.
The LDF government, which came to power in 2016 promising a phased liquor ban, earlier relaxed the bar licence restrictions imposed by the Congress government.
However, both the LDF and NDA lost a seat each compared to their tally before the by-election, according to a statement released by the Kerala State Election Commission (SEC).
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