A chronicle of failed Third Fronts in past

Apr 12, 2009 Uncategorized

A new trend is emerging in the political movements just as the General Elections draw nearer. Smaller parties have begun shunning national-level giants such as the Congress and the BJP to join another alliance now called the third front.

This has made the possibility of a third front government at the centre very real, which is in fact a repeat of what happened in 1996.

Here’s a brief recap of the other ‘third front’ experiments in the past - all of which failed to provide stable governments….More..

Tags: deve gowda

Third front never had a strong back, history will repeat

Apr 12, 2009 Uncategorized

Third fronts in the past are known for being “ideologically loose and opportunistic”. Many parties with diverse political ideologies joined hands without any common vision. They neither had charismatic leader like Atal Bihari Vajpayee to glue the parties together nor they had dynastic leadership like in Congress which can still appeal to the people and parties.

Third fronts in the past were also known for internal differences within the coalition. Morarji Desai had a rival in Charan Singh within Janata Party, VP Singh had rival in Chandrashekhar within National Front, Deve Gowda had to transfer the power to IK Gujral to appease Congress, only to loose it’s support subsequently. Though Jyoti Babu (Basu) could have been a better prime minister than Deve Gowda, CPI’s Polit Bureau made “historical blunder” by not letting him become PM. This time around, Deve Gowda, a familiar face at third front get togethers, played a key role in forming the latest version of third front. We have plenty of prime ministerial candidates to keep the differences on!…More..

Tags: Chandrashekhar, Charan Singh, deve gowda, janata party, vp singh

Meet the PM aspirants of India

Mar 20, 2009 Uncategorized

Third Front Offerings: Basket of PMs

Who will become the next Prime Minister of India? This question now rings in every ones mind as the general elections are around the corner. Also as the d-day nears the list is also expanding. Let us look into some key contenders and what they have to say of becoming the Prime Minister of world’s largest democratic nation.

There are many contenders - Mayawati, Sharad Pawar, Lalu, Ram Vilas Paswan, Jayalalitha, many leaders from Left and the famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti…More..

Tags: jayalalitha, lalu, mayawati, paswan, pm aspirants, sharad pawar