Dinner cancelled, Third Front’s scheduled post-poll meet called off
The third front “visionaries” have decided to call off their meeting. In the process of forming a non-Congress, non-BJP government the Left has been booted out everywhere.
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Committed to Third Front but keeping all options open: Mayawati
Exactly two months after she hosted a grand dinner for the Third Front leaders in New Delhi, chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati now awaits its result. As BJP and Congress leaders got down to hectic lobbying for post-poll alliances on Thursday, Maya also dashed her trusted lieutenant SC Mishra to Delhi to closely observe the turn of events and keep in touch with Third Front leaders.
Mishra, sources said, spoke to CPM general secretary Prakash Karat at length about the post-poll scenario and conveyed BSP’s commitment to Third Front for a Non-Congress, Non-BJP government at Centre. However, sources added that Maya is weighing `all options’ and would disclose her cards on May 16 after the declaration of Lok Sabha results…More
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Third Front, BSP to meet on May 18
With reports of cracks in the Third Front, leaders of the non-Congress, non-BJP parties, including BSP, will meet here on May 18 to discuss the possibility of forming an alternative secular government.
TRS, which switched to the NDA side three days ago, has not been called for the meeting, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat said on Wednesday.
“Leaders of non-Congress, non-BJP will meet here on May 18 to decide the future course of action. BSP will join these discussions where we will explore the possibilities of forming an alternative secular government,” he told reporters here. ..More
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Karat & Mayawati worried about Chandrababu Naidu ditching Third Front
With the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) joining the BJP-led NDA, jittery Third Front leaders rang up Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday night to ensure that the latter remains with them.
According t o TDP sources, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati spoke to Naidu separately. Though the sources are tight-lipped about what exactly they talked about, it is believed that Karat pointed out to Naidu the pitfalls in an alliance with the BJP. The Third Front leaders are likely to meet in Delhi after May 16…More
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Maywati can play on all fronts: UPA, NDA, Third Front
If Congress is forgetting the bitterness to plump for SP in a haste, it is also because Mulayam Singh is expected to be more dependable as a coalition partner if only because of the limited options he has. The SP boss cannot have an overt partnership with BJP while he is wary of Third Front, which he sees as a packed house of ambitious satraps, and is critically dependent on Congress. A Third Front, without Mayawati, can be an option but not that attractive.
Mayawati is just the opposite. The Dalit maverick can play on all power fronts — UPA, Third Front and NDA.
With a good number in her bag, she is likely to first explore the leadership option with Third Front — her best bet as Congress and BJP would be scared of ceding a key leadership position to her for fear of its impact on their dalit and Brahmin votebanks nationally. But she can surprise with an innovative arrangement with UPA or NDA…More..
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