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In a boost to the BJP and JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh from the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, on Wednesday declared her support to the BJP putting an end to the speculation that she would contest as an independent .
Concerned over the development that BJP is making a decision to give Mandya Parliamentary seat to its alliance partner JD (S) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh will soon meet Karnataka BJP President B.Y. .
Amid rumours of former chief minister and senior BJP leader D.V. Sadananda Gowda, considering quitting the party, the leadership has summoned him to New Delhi on Wednesday.Gowda, who had openly expressed his displeasure regarding BJP's alliance .