Congress may go it alone in Karnataka

Congress on Wednesday gave signals of going it alone, ruling out an alliance with the H D Deve Gowda’s JD-S in the state where assembly polls are due soon. Despite chief ministerial aspirants galore in Karnataka, the AICC would neither project any candidate in the assembly polls nor has it plans to field any MP in the polls, sources said.  The statement is significant given the fact that several senior leaders and union ministers from the state are desirous of becoming the next chief minister amid talk that the party’s stock has risen in the southern state following troubles in the ruling BJP.