Journalism of Courage
BJP today dismissed Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav8217;s remarks about forming a Third Front saying the idea does not have any relevance in the present Indian polity.
Speaking to reporters here,BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said there may be much talk of formation of a Third Front these days but past experience shows this proposal has never taken off.
8220;Mulayam Singh Yadav is talking about a Third Front but it is history. It has no relevance for the present nor any promise for the future,8221; Prasad said.
He sought to drag Congress into the issue,alleging most Third Front formations have stood on the 8220;crutches8221; of Congress. 8220;The governments headed by H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral or even the one by Chandrasekhar,if you may call it Third Front,were all supported by Congress,8221; Prasad said.
When pointed out that BJP had supported the V P Singh government from outside,Prasad said it did not have Congress support.
Hitting out at Yadav,BJP said he appears to have realised too late in the day that Congress is 8220;misusing8221; CBI and Income Tax department as well as the fact that this party 8220;betrays8221;.
8220;Why does Mulayam Singh then not part ways with Congress,8221; Prasad asked.
Third Front is the future,not history: JD-S
Janata Dal Secular headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today supported the idea of a Third Front,saying it is the 8220;future8221; as people were fed up of corruption under Congress and BJP rules.
8220;Third Front is not history. Third Front is the future because people of India have witnessed corruption under Congress rule at the Centre and during BJP tenure in Karnataka,8221; JD-S Secretary General Danish Ali said here.
His remarks came on a day when Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said a Third Front will emerge.
8220;Fronts emerge as per the situation in the country. After 2014,the Prime Minister will be from the Third Front,8221; Yadav said in Lucknow.
