No Third Front with SP: Sukhbir

The deputy chief minister added:“Yadav has old relations with us and Om Parkash Chautala family,and we keep on meeting on various social occasions and exchange notes.”

“Nothing political should be read between the lines (on his and Yadav’s meeting),” he said. He was talking to the media queries on the sidelines of a function held here to pay tributes to CPI (M) stalwart late Harkishan Singh Surjit.

Yesterday,Yadav had called on Sukhbir at the latter’s residence in New Delhi where the SP chief is understood to have discussed the possibility of the two parties joining hands in the event of formation of a non-Congress government,sources had said.

Sukhbir said people of this country have already made their mind to “kick out the most corrupt government” and bring back NDA to power.

“UPA-II is on the ventilator. Early elections were inevitable,” the SAD president said.

He also clarified that opposition of SAD to FDI was known to everyone as UPA has taken this decision to help a few multinational companies at the cost of 120 crore poor citizens of India.

Later,paying tributes to Surjit,Badal recalled his valuable contribution especially during coalition era of Indian politics. Clearing a grant of Rs 5 Lakh for its development,Suklhbir announced that the village school will be named after Surjit. CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and former Governor Surjit Singh Barnala were also present on the occasion.