New Barrackpore (WB), May 10: The CPI(M), a
Third Front ally, on Sunday said the grouping would gain further
strength after the Lok Sabha election results on May 16 with
the joining of more non-Congress and non-BJP secular parties.
"After May 16 other non-Congress and non-BJP parties
will join the Third Front," CPI(M) general secretary Prakash
Karat said at an election rally on Sunday.
"BJP and the Congress are debating over the issue who
is a weak PM and who can be stronger. But neither Manmohan
Singh nor LK Advani would become Prime Minister," he said.
Karat said, "after the Lok Sabha elections, the Third
Front would become stronger and that is why both the Congress
and the BJP are attacking it continuously".
In the "2004 Parliamentary elections, non-BJP and
non-Congress parties had together secured more than 50 percent
votes," Karat said.
"The UPA exists only in name. UPA partners RJD and LJP
are fighting against the Congress in Bihar while the same
situation prevails in UP where the Samjawadi Party is
contesting against the very Congress," Karat said.
Bureau Report
