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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Deve Gowda: Third Front will try to form government
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Janata Dal (Secular) president H.D. Deve Gowda on Friday said the Third Front would try to form a government at the Centre with the support of a few more parties.
“Since we may not be able to form the government on our own, we will seek the support of other parties,” he said but did not name them.
Talking to The Hindu from Bangalore, Mr. Gowda, said he was in regular touch with CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan discussing the political developments…More
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Will Deve Gowda dump his son again?
Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has done it again. At a time, when his father Deve Gowda is focusing all his energy and time on reviving the Third Front, his son Kumaraswamy’s meeting with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has raised many an eyebrow in political circles, both in Delhi and Karnataka, on the “dependable” quotient of the Gowda clan.
It is no secret that Kumaraswamy had been maintaining a parallel connection with the Congress even while the patriarch was struggling to put up a united Third Front by talking to all and sundry at the national level. Even before the Lok Sabha poll dates were announced, the former CM “on an invitation from Sonia” had met and held talks for a possible prepoll pact with the Congress…More..
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Deve Gowda’s sphinx-like silence baffling
The studied silence being maintained by JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda in the last few days has dismayed political observers.Since the end of polling on May 30, Gowda, who took the lead in the formation of the Third Front, has kept himself away from the media glare.
He has hardly participated in campaigning, either for his own party candidates in other states or for the Third Front constituents. He has also refrained from commenting on political developments.This has raised many eyebrows among those conversant with the nature of Gowda.
According to sources, Gowda is quiet as he is keenly watching the situation. “Even though Gowda is backing the Third Front, he has kept his options open. The master strategist that he is, Gowda is weighing all options. After May 16, if the Third Front fails to muster majority or the Congress emerges as the single largest party and falls short of a majority, he will throw his weight behind the Congress,” the sources indicated…More
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HDK sweats in Air Conditioned Mercedes, Third Front also sweats
anata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy late Tuesday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, giving the jitters to the Left parties, though he maintained his party was not quitting the Third Front. His father and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda will address the media Wednesday, possibly to clarify the party’s position.
“There is no question of leaving the Third Front. I request the country (constituencies going to the polls Wednesday) to vote for the Third Front,” he added.
However, the nearly two-hour long meeting that came just four days ahead of the Lok Sabha results, was percieved as the JD-S getting closer to the Congress.
Late in the evening, Kumarswamy was seen driving into Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence, attempting to avoid mediapersons.
TV channels soon aired the visuals of his car entering the residence with Kumaraswamy apparently trying to cover his face with handkerchief. He told reporters that he was only wiping the sweat off…More
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