Kolkata:
Expressing confidence that the Third Front would come to power after elections, the CPM has claimed that even the UPA and NDA constituents were re-thinking about continuing with their respective alliances.
"The possibility of a non-Congress, non-BJP government is growing by the day. There is a re-thinking among the constituents of the Congress-led UPA and BJP-led NDA. This is evident from the statements of the leaders of those constituents," CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury told reporters in Kolkata in the sidelines of a seminar.
On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reported statement that the Left had been "good ally" of the UPA, Yechury said, "This is an indication by the Prime Minister that his party is not coming to power this time. Clearly, he is hinting that he wants Left support."
Earlier, addressing the seminar on 'Present Political Scenario and Role of the Citizens', he said the Third Front was not announcing its prime ministerial candidate because to do so before the polls would be a "betrayal" to the people.
"Only when a party gets a majority should it decide whom to make the Prime Minister. To do so before the elections would be to betray the people. If a prime ministerial candidate is named before the polls, what happens if the people choose not to elect him?" Yechury said.