Bangalore: Bangalore: Janata Dal - Secular (JD-S) today (May 16, 2004) authorised party president and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda to hold talks with the Congress president Sonia Gandhi on modalities of formation of a new Government in Karnataka and elected State unit president Siddaramaiah as JD-S Legislature Party leader.

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