‘Third Front Govt will come to power’
Bhadohi: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday exuded confidence that a Third Front Government will come to power at the Centre. “This time the Third Front Government will come to power. You all give me a chance once,” Yadav told an election rally in Bhadohi. At another rally in Allahabad, he claimed a Third Front Government would emerge as the “strongest possibility” after declaration of lok Sabha election results. “It must be kept in mind that two-thirds of the total number of States in the country are ruled by parties which are neither with Congress nor with BJP,” he said.
Chouhan raps Cong on farmers’ suicide
Riga (Sitamarhi, Bihar): Hitting the campaign trail in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday attacked the Congress alleging that under its rule several farmers have committed suicide and poverty has not been eradicated. “Congress since the days of Indira Gandhi has been giving slogans of garibi hatao. This was repeated during the time of Rajiv Gandhi and now under Manmohan Singh... But has garibi endedIJ” Chouhan asked at an election rally here in Sitamarhi district. On farmer suicide, he alleged “Maa-bete ki sarkar mein kisan atmahatya kar rahen hain (farmers are committing suicide under the Government of mother and son).”
‘Will form non-UPA, non-NDA front’
Vijayawada: CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said his party would take the initiative to form alternative to non-UPA, non-NDA front after the elections. Taking a swipe at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Yechury said the Gujarat Chief Minister did not feel confident of winning his own seat, that was why
he was contesting from Varanasi as well as Vadodara. Yechury also said that the fellow leftist party CPI, had made a mistake by joining hands with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, and it would realise its folly after the elections.
‘MSY in Azamgarh to please 2nd wife’
Azamgarh: Attacking Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged he was contesting from Azamgarh lok Sabha seat only to “please his second wife”. “There is a dispute going on in Mulayam’s family. He is contesting from here (Azamgarh) to please his second wife and pave way for their son Prateek Yadav,” she told an election rally here. On Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav referring to her as his bua (aunt) at a recent public meeting in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati said it would be an “insult” even to consider Akhilesh as her younger brother. “Akhilesh used to insult Dalit icons. He terms construction of memorials in their names as wastage of money despite the fact it generates income for the State,” she said.
‘Will never have an alliance with BJP’
Kolkata: A day after BJP president Rajnath Singh held out the olive branch to her, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday ruled out any alliance with the right wing party. "Some parties want to incite riots in Bengal and divide people, based on religion and language. People of UP and Bihar who live in Bengal are as much part of the State as any Bengali-speaking person. "We do not play politics of division. We care for people irrespective of their religion, caste or creed. We will never, ever have an alliance with the BJP," Banerjee said.