Latest from Gowda Jr: a new party

BANGALORE: Seeking to distance himself from the JD(S) decision to vote out the BJP government, former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said he is planning to float a party of his own.

"I am fed up with the affairs of national parties, including my party. I am seriously thinking to start a regional party," Kumaraswamy told without specifying whether he was disenchanted with his father and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's leadership of the JD(S).

JD(S) sources said Kumaraswamy is yet to discuss his new proposal with his father and expressed doubts whether the JD(S) patriarch would permit it.

Earlier, Kumaraswamy struck a discordant note over Deve Gowda's attempts to work out a new alliance with the Congress to form a government.

Gowda is currently in Delhi to hold talks with Congress leaders.

"This morning I spoke to my father, who is camping in Delhi, not to knock the doors of the Congress. Under the situation, it is better to dissolve the assembly and seek a fresh mandate," Kumaraswamy said.