Mulayam: Third Front possible only after 2014 polls

But he refused to comment on who would be the prime ministerial candidate for the Third Front should it stake claim to form the next government. Someone from the front will be the next PM,but there is no name as of now, he said.

Explaining why a pre-poll alliance between Third Front parties was not possible,Mulayam said that such an alliance at this stage could impact each partys ticket distribution process and that could lead to differences. All parties of the front will contest polls on their own strength and then get together after the next general election, he said.

The CPM and the Left has already made it clear that they dont see the possibility of a Third Front emerging before 2014 elections but are in talks with non-Congress secular parties to form an anti-communal platform,an initiative which is seen as an attempt to bring together the non-BJP parties,which could evolve into an alternative. CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has already met leaders like Mulayam and the JDUs Sharad Yadav inviting them to a convention being planned on October 30. Sources in the CPM said the party has opened channels of communication with YSR Congress.