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The “third front” would declare its policies later this month.
Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said here at a rally today that after the end of Parliament session, these parties would meet in New Delhi to place a policy document before the electorate.
The Left is spearheading a campaign to forge a “third front” away from Congress and BJP-led alliances ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Keeping equidistance from the Congress and the BJP, the new front would put up a secular and democratic alternative to the people, he said.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPM Polit Bureau member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said the third front would fight the elections on alternative economic development planks which would include universal public distribution system and control on petroleum prices. The front would be opposed to privatisation of the financial sector.
Speaking about the Gujarat growth model, which the BJP has been trumpeting about, he said it lacked caring about the poor and underprivileged. He pointed out that there was neither land for the poor nor spread of primary education to the underprivileged, including girl child.
He said that in the past there had been a tacit understanding the BJP and Trinamool Congress in the State. A possible alliance between the two parties could bring in a “disaster” for the State.
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