Wednesday, February 1 2006 17:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: With Karnataka's Chief Minister- designate H D Kumaraswamy not turning up for his scheduled meetings with its bigwigs, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today (Feb1, 2006)sought to put on a brave face saying there was nothing to worry about the alliance and 'it had nothing to lose'.

There also appeared to be some 'communication gap' between the two parties with senior BJP leader and Central Observer for the state M Venkaiah Naidu saying Kumaraswamy expressed his inability to reach the capital 'through a friend'.

With Kumaraswamy scheduled to take oath on February three, Deputy Chief Minister-designate B S Yediyurappa, state BJP Chief Jagdish Shettar and party's General Secretary from the state Ananth Kumar have also rushed to the capital.

The Chief Minister-designate was scheduled to meet former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of Opposition L K Advani and BJP President Rajnath Singh besides attending a lunch hosted by Naidu.

While Naidu said a High Court case and a meeting with his father H D Deve Gowda, who has been vehemently opposing the alliance with BJP, were holding Kumaraswamy back, the Chief Minister-designate himself told reporters in Bangalore that he was "a bit tired" after the hectic schedule in the past fews days.

Kumaraswamy, however, said no significance should be attached to the cancellation of the visit.

"There is nothing to worry. We are hopeful of forming a Government. In any case, we have nothing to lose", Naidu told reporters.