AIADMK-CPI(M) strike a deal for LS polls

“...In this circumstance, formation of a grouping of anti-Congress and anti-BJP parties will be significant in the coming Lok Sabha elections. There were ‘functional problems' in forming a separate grouping of non-BJP and non-Congress parties in Parliament but efforts would be made to forge ‘maximum possible unity'.

“It's known that in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress and the Left cannot come together. Similarly, in Uttar Pradesh SP and BSP are loggerheads with each other,” Kumar said.

“Our efforts will be to forge maximum possible unity among parties on common issues while parties will maintain their separate identities,” he said.

Kumar, who is driving force of the JD(U), said after February 5 meeting in Delhi, it would be clear what shape the grouping would take.

“Formation of a separate grouping in Parliament will be a new thing,” he said.