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New Delhi: Out to teach the Congress party a lesson for disobeying it, the Left Front has started wooing regional parties to form a third front for the next general elections.
The Left Front followed its withdrawal of support to the Congress party-led coalition government on Tuesday by getting in touch with some of the constituents of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA).
The Left's plan is to revive the UNPA facing virtual disintegration following the Samajwadi Party's announcement of support to the ruling coalition since it is now left with just four parties with a combined strength of eight lawmakers in Lok Sabha.
The Left Front's plan is to lend credibility to the UNPA and enter into electoral tie-up with it in the hope that it proves mutually beneficial to both and make the Congress party task of retaining power that much more difficult.
Largest party
The Left wants the UNPA to rope in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which is in power in Uttar Pradesh to replace the Samajwadi Party.
Accordingly, the top leaders of the Telugu Desam Party, the largest party left in the group, has got in touch with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who also heads the party, with the offer to take over as chairperson of the alliance.
UNPA had last year announced Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as its prime ministerial candidate. The equations have changed after Yadav joining hands with the Congress party.
Although BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra yesterday denied that they have been contacted to join the UNPA, sources in his party confirmed the development saying Mayawati is considering the mouth-watering proposal. BSP could give the fledgling UNPA a boost and help it play a decisive role should India elect yet another hung Parliament.
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