Bangalore: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B Janardhan Poojary today (May 24, 2004) met Governor T N Chaturvedi and sought three days' time for formation of the Government in the State by his party, which is negotiating with the JD-S (Janata Dal-Secular) for a coalition.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the Governor, Poojary said that he was personally in favour of adopting the 'Maharashtra model' of coalition in Karnataka and a proposal in this regard had been made to the party high command.

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In Maharashtra, the Congress, as the bigger partner, is heading the coalition Government and has left the Deputy Chief Minister's post to its junior partner, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The Congress-JD-S talks for the last few days have centered around this issue.

Replying to a query, Poojary said, "As a last resort, we may sit in the Opposition."