Third Front is unviable 'tired front', says Mamata

Mamata was responding when asked how she sees coming together recently of 11 parties to form the Third Front which includes Left parties, Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and JD(S).

  Asked whether she felt left out as she was not included in the ‘Third Front', Mamata replied, “Nothing like that.”

She insisted that “any Front of significance (including Trinamool) will only come together after the results are announced... We are hopeful that a Federal Front government will lead this nation.”

Questioned as to how this was possible and who could be her allies after elections, she remained vague. “Making empty noise now is one thing. It is not important. What is important is to come to Delhi in May with many dozens of Lok Sabha seats.

The Federal Front will take shape with this model, on the plank of common policies.”