Kundapur: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Wednesday that the Congress–Janata Dal (Secular) coalition would win 20 to 22 parliamentary seats in the State.

Speaking to presspersons after participating in a convention of fisherwomen here, Mr. Kumaraswamy said the surveys in the media projecting massive win for the BJP were all concocted. This was also because the BJP had given advertisements of Rs. 550 crore to the media.

The Kannada electronic media was projecting as if the parliamentary elections were being held in Mandya, Hassan, and Tumakuru alone. They had forgotten the other parliamentary seats in the State. He said his son K. Nikhil would win by a big margin in Mandya. “All these surveys would be proved wrong on May 23,” he said.

To a query, he said there would be a change in the coastal districts after the parliamentary elections. The Congress would win the Dakshina Kannada seat. JD(S) candidates Pramod Madhwaraj and Anand Asnotikar would win in the Udupi–Chikkamagaluru and Uttara Kannada parliamentary seats, respectively, he said.

To another query, he said the only achievement of Union Minister Ananthkumar Hegde was his reckless statements and humiliating remarks about leaders of other parties. Neither Mr. Hegde nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi had contributed anything for the development of the State, he said.

He said he was committed to solving the issue of migration of youth by promoting ecofriendly industries in the coastal districts.