Results as on 10:15 showed BJP leading in 109 seats, Congress in 68 and JDS in 43.

As the results of the Karnataka assembly election started to flow in on Tuesday morning, the Congress said it is open to forming alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular), JD (S).

News agency IANS reported Congress national general secretary Ashok Gehlot saying that the party is open to forming an alliance with JD (S).

He however added that the party is confident of winning the polls.

Gehlot's remarks came as the vote count suggest the BJP performing better than it and the JD (S) also catching up with around 44 seats at 9:55 am.

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Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge who is in Lalit hotel, Bengaluru, said, "We have to see what the trends say. We cannot say anything at present and will have to wait for some time."

The Congress is taking no chances in Karnataka and has sent in its top leaders to avoid a repeat of the Goa and Manipur fiascos in the past, where it failed to form a government despite emerging as the largest party.

The party has sent senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot to Karnataka to handle situations.

The BJP too has sent its leaders to the state to secure a government. Union minister Prakash Javdekar is learnt to be on his way to Bengaluru after meeting party chief Amit Shah.

Senior BJP leader and former chief minister Sadananda Gowda ruled out any possibility of forming an alliance with JD (S). "We don't need to form any alliance. We are winning Karnataka," he said.

(With inputs from IANS)

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