Third Front

Eye on 2019 polls, Sonia Gandhi invites opposition leaders for dinner on March 13

A proposal was recently given by TRS chief and Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao for a national consultation process for a 'non-BJP, non-Congress' front.

Mar 06, 2018, 22:44 PM IST

Congress weak, Left irrelevant; Third Front needed for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Ajit Jogi

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that he was in talks with others to form a platform of like-minded parties.

Mar 06, 2018, 21:08 PM IST

With support pouring in from all quarters, KCR to take idea of third front forward

KCR is expected to conduct a series of meetings across the country to prepare a national agenda on forming a third front.

Mar 06, 2018, 00:15 AM IST

Writing is on the wall, Modi won't remain PM in 2019: Trinamool Congress

Derek O'Brien said that it was a challenge on behalf of the Trinamool Congress and all opposition parties that PM Modi would not deliver the Independence Day speech in 2019.

Mar 05, 2018, 07:03 AM IST

Clamour for third front growing; now Mamata Banerjee and Hemant Soren back KCR's proposal

Mamata Banerjee and Hemant Soren today backed KCR's proposal for forming a third front ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Mar 04, 2018, 18:49 PM IST

Chandra Shekhar's success was his undoing: Yashwant Sinha

Fondly recalling the brief tenure of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, under whom he served as Finance Minister, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday observed that his success had proved his undoing.

Sep 28, 2016, 00:47 AM IST

When Chandrababu Naidu was stopped by son from becoming PM

In the 1990s when Jyoti Basu and other third front leaders wanted him to take over as Prime Minister, his son Nara Lokesh told him, "Father, that would be a temporary job".

May 29, 2016, 11:53 AM IST

'Third Front' leaders attend Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in as West Bengal CM; 42 ministers take oath

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was on Friday sworn in for a second consecutive term as West Bengal CM.

May 28, 2016, 00:21 AM IST

Nagmani's party too quits Third Front, to back Lalu-Nitish

Within 10 days of NCP quitting the Third Front in Bihar, Samras Samaj Party (SSP) of former union minister Nagmani Saturday quit the grouping.

Oct 24, 2015, 16:38 PM IST

Bihar to have Muslim CM if third front wins: Pappu Yadav

Bihar will have a Muslim chief minister if the 'third front' wins the assembly election, former RJD leader Pappu Yadav said on Monday.

Sep 21, 2015, 22:09 PM IST

'Only one front' in Bihar', says JD(U), dismisses SP-led alliance

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Friday dismissed the Samajwadi Party-driven formation of a 'Third Front' for the Bihar polls and said that there was "only one front" in the state, that of his party with RJD and Congress.

Sep 18, 2015, 15:43 PM IST