Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said that his party JD(S) and Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will fight 2024 Lok Sabha and 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections together. Calling for a 'BJP-Congress mukt' political atmosphere in Karnataka, Kumaraswamy said, "Our party welcomes the emergence of TRS as a national party under the name of BRS."