Mamata's call for third front nothing but a ploy, sniffs Left
June 13, 2013 11:33
This is what the Left front has to say on Mamata Banerjee's call for a federal front or a third front. "It is nothing but a ploy by Banerjee to increase her bargaining power with the BJP and Congress before the 2014 elections. Everybody knows her political track record," CPI(M) politburo member and Leader of the Opposition Surya Kanta Mishra said.
"Such an alliance can never be successful. She doesn't believe in multi-party views as she has always been unitary in approach," Mishra said.
CPI leader A B Bardhan echoed Mishra, saying "just a few chief ministers coming together for gaining power at the Centre won't be a viable option."
"Without a common programme such a front can't be viable. Earlier we had talked of third front on the basis of a common agenda with like-minded secular parties," he said.
He was referring to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik with whom Banerjee has spoken about the Federal Front which she had mooted a few days ago in a Facebook post.
"Such an alliance can never be successful. She doesn't believe in multi-party views as she has always been unitary in approach," Mishra said.
CPI leader A B Bardhan echoed Mishra, saying "just a few chief ministers coming together for gaining power at the Centre won't be a viable option."
"Without a common programme such a front can't be viable. Earlier we had talked of third front on the basis of a common agenda with like-minded secular parties," he said.
He was referring to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik with whom Banerjee has spoken about the Federal Front which she had mooted a few days ago in a Facebook post.
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