Chitradurga (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna today (Apr 9, 2004) asserted that the people of the State would reject the "unholy" alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in the coming elections.

The people of the State defeated National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Karnataka in the last polls and at least this should have been an eye-opener for JD-U leaders who entered into an alliance with a reluctant BJP, he told reporters at Sirigere mutt in Chitradurga.

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Krishna said if Ramakrishna Hegde had been alive, he would have rebelled against this kind of an alliance and opposed it tooth and nail.

Krishna asked JD-U leaders to recall the insult BJP had heaped on Hegde.

In the last election, the BJP and JD-U had struck a hurried poll pact in which BJP won 43 and the JD-U 19, together the parties won 62 seats.

JD-U, then the ruling party, contested 10 Parliamentary seats in the last polls, while this time BJP has given it four.