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Dinner cancelled, Third Front’s scheduled post-poll meet called off

May 18, 2009 bsp, jds, tdp

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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Karat trying to show carrots to Naidu, Jayalalitha

May 15, 2009 aiadmk, left, tdp

Prakash Karat, general secretary of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) invited Jayalalithaa chief of AIADMK to attend the Third Front meeting on May 18.

He is also trying to lure Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) who is also in constant touch with Jaya…More

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Chandrababu Naidu may dump Third Front to side with the NDA

May 15, 2009 tdp

His public support on the Third Front notwithstanding, Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly made up his mind to side with the old ally, the National Democratic Alliance.

According to NTR Bhavan sources, Chandrababu Naidu has used the Telangana Rashtra Samithi to test the political waters before deciding to take the plunge. The TRS, a key ally of the Telugu Desam this general election, has already declared its support to the BJP-led NDA at the Centre. This sudden move, by TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao even before the results are out, is seen as a political ploy by the TD leadership to seek public reaction.

Chandrababu Naidu’s dream of Third Front received a setback with the Left sending feelers that it may support the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. Given the political equations in the State, the TD leader will not support the UPA and with the Third Front not sure of taking a concrete shape, he has no option but to side with the NDA, if he has to stay in the reckoning…More

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Naidu: To stay or not to stay in Third Front is the question!

May 13, 2009 tdp

With barely four days left for judgment day, both the BJP and the Congress Tuesday stepped up their hunt for post-poll allies to shore up the numbers in what is widely expected to be a hung parliament.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rang up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to discuss Kosi flood relief and “other issues”, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu flew to Hyderabad to woo Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu.

He was confident that the “Mahakutami”, or the TDP-led grand alliance, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M,) would come to power in the state.

Naidu has maintained a “no comment” stance over the TRS declaring its support for the BJP-led NDA at the centre…More

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Karat & Mayawati worried about Chandrababu Naidu ditching Third Front

May 13, 2009 bsp, left, tdp

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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