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

May 18, 2009 bsp, jds, tdp Leave a comment

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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Not even third-rate front

May 17, 2009 left Leave a comment

The ‘Third Front’ dream has been shattered. With the Left, its fulcrum, itself weakening, the alternative formation came down like a
house of cards even before taking shape.

While the Left’s disgraceful defeat reduced it to political inconsequence, the performance of the other players of the group—TDP and AIADMK—did not reach the expected levels. The AIADMK could not reverse electoral fortunes in Tamil Nadu and the TDP failed to wipe out the Congress in Andhra Pradesh.

Mr Karat and company had hinged their calculations on three factors—neither the Congress nor BJP would get the numbers, NDA’s allies may follow the BJD and disaffection of the UPA’s allies towards the Congress.

The unravelling of Mr Prakash Karat’s aspiration had already begun before the poll verdict was out. The TRS joined the NDA brigade. JD-S leader HD Devegowda’s son Kumaraswamy paid a visit to the Congress headquarters. AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa had kept her post-poll options open. ..More

Confession: Third Front irrelevant now, admits Left

May 17, 2009 left Leave a comment

The four Left parties, which received a drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, met in New Delhi  today to analyse the results and their future course of action.

The meeting at the CPI(M) headquarters was attended by CPI(M)’s Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s A B Bardhan and D Raja, RSP’s T J Chandrachoodan and Forward Bloc’s Debabrata Biswas and D Deverajan.

On whether the Third Front has become irrelevant, he said, “Temporarily it has. But with one defeat, you cannot write it off completely.”

He also said meeting of the Third Front allies is unlikely to take place tomorrow…More

Will the May 18th dinner PARTY stand cancelled?

May 16, 2009 left Leave a comment

On May 18th Third Front “leaders” were supposed to meet regarding the formation of the government. Will that meeting be cancelled ? Wonder what was planned for the menu.

The highly inflated ego balloon has been PUNCUTURED. The stock market is expected to rise heavily on Monday.

Deve Gowda: Third Front will try to form government

May 16, 2009 jds Leave a comment

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