Bengaluru, June 10 -- Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday refuted the speculations of a rift between JD(S) and BJP in Karnataka after he was snubbed from the candidature for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections.

Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Deve Gowda stated that the "NDA bond will continue till my last breath." He said that his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not for the sake of a Rajya Sabha seat.

Praising PM Modi's leadership, he said, "My relationship with Modi has been personal for the last 10 years. I have defended his leadership. I myself told Kumaraswamy, you should be with Modi. I do not have a relationship with him just for the Rajya Sabha seat; I have a personal relationship with hi...