Chennai: In a major setback for the Third Front, the Left parties were forced to snap their ten-day-old alliance with the AIADMK after seat-sharing talks failed. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had been quick to tie up with Left parties in early February. It was feted as the beginning of the Third Front dream, but just over a month later and dream has collapsed.
Differences emerged after the AIADMK offered CPI and CPM just one seat each in the state. The Left refused to settle for less than three.
With more than a month to go for the Lok Sabha elections, it appears that Jayalalithaa is keeping her options open. Sources in the AIADMK have told CNN-IBN that Jayalalithaa is unlikely to go for a pre-poll arrangement with either the BJP or the Left parties. Instead, Jayalalithaa is using her campaign rallies to attack the Congress and the DMK while remaining silent on the BJP.
Meanwhile actor-turned politician Vijaykanth's DMDK, too, is in talks for a tie up with the BJP. With Vaiko's MDMK, and Ramadoss's PMK already on board, it appears that the BJP is building a rainbow alliance in the state. The question then is as to where this leaves the DMK.
"The DMK would definitely look for this opportunity to wean away the Left because DMK needs multiple coalition partners to have some impact. So they are looking at the DMDK, Left Front, every body and if the Congress is not coming to DMK, the Left would be inclined to come to the DMK," said Political analyst Gnani Sankaran.
Friendless, the Congress may then be forced to go solo in the southern state for the first time in 16 years.
Source: IBNLive
Differences emerged after the AIADMK offered CPI and CPM just one seat each in the state. The Left refused to settle for less than three.
With more than a month to go for the Lok Sabha elections, it appears that Jayalalithaa is keeping her options open. Sources in the AIADMK have told CNN-IBN that Jayalalithaa is unlikely to go for a pre-poll arrangement with either the BJP or the Left parties. Instead, Jayalalithaa is using her campaign rallies to attack the Congress and the DMK while remaining silent on the BJP.
Meanwhile actor-turned politician Vijaykanth's DMDK, too, is in talks for a tie up with the BJP. With Vaiko's MDMK, and Ramadoss's PMK already on board, it appears that the BJP is building a rainbow alliance in the state. The question then is as to where this leaves the DMK.
"The DMK would definitely look for this opportunity to wean away the Left because DMK needs multiple coalition partners to have some impact. So they are looking at the DMDK, Left Front, every body and if the Congress is not coming to DMK, the Left would be inclined to come to the DMK," said Political analyst Gnani Sankaran.
Friendless, the Congress may then be forced to go solo in the southern state for the first time in 16 years.
Source: IBNLive
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