This refers to the news report, “JD(U) ready to burn bridges with BJP” (June 13). Three eastern Chief Ministers who held rallies at Delhi to claim the rights of their States, have tried to revive talks of a Third Front. Apparently the leaders of the regional parties think this is the time to strike and fulfil their ‘national' ambitions.
The BJP, in the event of JD(U) walking out of NDA, should treat it as good riddance and concentrate on winning the election by offering a sound and credible alternative to the corrupt and weak UPA regime.
The Third Front should henceforth be known as the ‘United Prime Ministerial Aspirants Alliance'! It is only after the break-up will the Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar realise how much better off he was in the NDA. The national parties have given a long rope to regional parties, who had influenced governance disproportionate to their numerical strength in Parliament. It is high time the electoral laws are amended to restrict the role of regional parties only to their areas of influence and only parties with pan-India presence be allowed to rule at the centre.