8216;Third Front appears to be falling apart8217;

SP General Secretary Amar Singh told reporters that he has not been able to reach Jayalalithaa despite constant telephone calls for the past three days. 8220;I have been able to reach only Kartikeyan, her secretary8221;.

Singh also put the onus of 8216;lack of coordination8217; in Parliament on Monday on her statement. 8220;The confusion arose because of her statement8221;.

In a veiled attack on the AIADMK, the SP leader said that similar confusion arose in the Front during the Presidential election when Jayalalithaa8217;s partymen had voted, ignoring the Front8217;s decision to abstain.

Singh steered clear of Jayalalithaa8217;s meeting with BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad in Chennai last week, which was the first interaction she had with any BJP leader after parting ways with NDA after the 2004 polls. 8220;You ask Prasad8221;, he merely said.

Singh8217;s comments came a day after Jayalalithaa8217;s remarks that she wondered whether the Front, formally known as the United National Progressive Alliance, existed at all and whether her party was part of the Front.