HD Deve Gowda and Rahul Gandhi share a good rapport: JD(S) leader

'The formula for opposition unity is that we all will contest as far as possible as part of pre-poll alliances, but state-specific alliances', says Kunwar Danish Ali

Janata Dal (Secular) national general secretary Kunwar Danish Ali tells Archis Mohan that his Party Chief H D Deve Gowda and Congress President Rahul Gandhi share a good rapport, which would help them overcome any obstacle local Congress leaders in Karnataka might put up in the way of a pre-poll alliance of the two parties for the Lok Sabha polls. Edited excerpts:

You are part of the five-member coordination committee between Congress and JD (S). How has it managed to overcome the bad blood of the Karnataka Assembly poll campaign where the Congress leadership had accused your party of being