The Third Front
THE THIRD SPACE
Four months to the elections and the idea of a third front has been floated into the political picture of India. “We are aligning non-Congress, non-BJP parties in both houses," JD-U chief Sharad Yadav said at a joint press conference of the ‘third front’.
Indian politics stands at an emergent juncture. The dominant (in terms of seats) and ruling party Indian National Congress (INC) is drastically losing popularity after a plague of scams. Critically, mass media touts Bharitya Janta Party (BJP) to be the frontrunner for General Elections of 2014.
The BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, has openly down sized the third front. However, members of the new alliance hold a different view. “The Modi wave is only an illusion created by a section of the media and some of the corporate houses. Modi campaigned in Delhi but the BJP was not able to form a government there. Similar to AAP (Aam Aadmi Party), the Third Front will emerge victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,” said State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), G. Ramakrishnan.
Newly formed on roots of activism, Aam Aadmi Party stands tall in times of corruption. AAP is expected to make ripples nationally come elections of 2014. In terms of numbers the Third Front does make a strong case for themselves. Currently, the INC stimulated United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has a majority with 275 seats; receiving unconditional external support of 52 seats so as to get past the bare minimum of 272 seats to form a government. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formed by BJP has 133 seats.
After blocking the UPA and NDA seats the parliament is left with around 140 to 150 seats (the parliament’s total strength being variable). These 140 to 150 seats hold sizeable chunks of, the to-be politically active Third Front’s. Also, few allies of the Congress may join the Third Front. For instance, Samajwadi Party supports the ruling coalition government but is confirmed to be in the
Four months to the elections and the idea of a third front has been floated into the political picture of India. “We are aligning non-Congress, non-BJP parties in both houses," JD-U chief Sharad Yadav said at a joint press conference of the ‘third front’.
Indian politics stands at an emergent juncture. The dominant (in terms of seats) and ruling party Indian National Congress (INC) is drastically losing popularity after a plague of scams. Critically, mass media touts Bharitya Janta Party (BJP) to be the frontrunner for General Elections of 2014.
The BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, has openly down sized the third front. However, members of the new alliance hold a different view. “The Modi wave is only an illusion created by a section of the media and some of the corporate houses. Modi campaigned in Delhi but the BJP was not able to form a government there. Similar to AAP (Aam Aadmi Party), the Third Front will emerge victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,” said State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), G. Ramakrishnan.
Newly formed on roots of activism, Aam Aadmi Party stands tall in times of corruption. AAP is expected to make ripples nationally come elections of 2014. In terms of numbers the Third Front does make a strong case for themselves. Currently, the INC stimulated United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has a majority with 275 seats; receiving unconditional external support of 52 seats so as to get past the bare minimum of 272 seats to form a government. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formed by BJP has 133 seats.
After blocking the UPA and NDA seats the parliament is left with around 140 to 150 seats (the parliament’s total strength being variable). These 140 to 150 seats hold sizeable chunks of, the to-be politically active Third Front’s. Also, few allies of the Congress may join the Third Front. For instance, Samajwadi Party supports the ruling coalition government but is confirmed to be in the